Partnering With WhatsApp, Cloudflare Presents Public Key Verification Capabilities Automatically

JAKARTA Cloudflare, a cloud-based connectivity company from the US, announced its latest partnership with WhatsApp. This partnership comes after Cloudflare launched its newest security service.

The service is the Plexi, an auditor for the Key Transparency infrastructure. Plexi was developed to verify the integrity of public keys in end-to-end encryption. This service is claimed to ease the company's burden on verifying public keys.

WhatsApp will be the first company to implement the latest audit process using Plexi. Using this new service, Cloudflare will assist WhatsApp in building end-to-end encryption trust for its users.

Cloudflare explains that Key Transparency is a new standard designed to ensure the authenticity of the end-to-end encryption key. This standard will ensure that the key log is correctly created and the key used at both ends of communication is valid.

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince explained that his company is trying to provide the right solution for its customers. The reason is, solutions from Cloudflare are needed to secure websites, emails, and partner traffic.

"We have been trusted by millions of organizations and customers and are external auditors for a comprehensive encrypted messaging application (WhatsApp) is a natural extension of the values of the technology we use and use," Prince said in his statement.

One of the founders of Cloudflare added that partnerships with WhatsApp will set a fairly high standard. That way, other messaging app companies can follow in the footsteps of WhatsApp in using Cloudflare services.

"We are delighted to partner with Cloudflare to further strengthen major transparency on WhatsApp and help reaffirm to users that their connection is secure," said WhatsApp Technique Head Nitin Gupta. Partnerships with Cloudflare will make it easier for users to verify the authenticity of their chats.