Telegram CEO calls WhatsApp end-to-end encryption a "massive consumer fraud"

2026-04-13 06:00:34

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ME News Report, April 13 (UTC+8), Telegram CEO Pavel Durov criticized WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption mechanism, calling it a “massive consumer fraud.” He pointed out that approximately 95% of private messages are ultimately stored unencrypted on Apple and Google servers, putting user privacy at risk. Although WhatsApp claims that message transmission is end-to-end encrypted, Durov believes that in reality, the backup mechanism fails to ensure complete encryption of information. This statement has prompted industry attention to the privacy protection measures of major messaging apps. (Source: MLion)

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