Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, recently claimed that Meta’s WhatsApp is still insecure for users.
Musk reposted: “WhatsApp exports your user data every night. Some people still think it is secure.”
The original post mentioned that Musk urged AI “to prioritize truth over political correctness, warning that lies could backfire.”
A few days later, WhatsApp head Will Cathcart dismissed Musk’s claim as incorrect.
Cathcart reposted Musk’s comment and wrote: “Many have said this already, but worth repeating: this is not correct.”
Cathcart explained that WhatsApp end-to-end encrypts users’ messages because it takes user security “seriously.”
He added: “Messages don’t get sent to us every night or exported to us. To back up your messages, you can use your cloud provider and even end-to-end encryption.”
Musk has not yet responded to Cathcart’s post on X.
