JAKARTA - Meta is facing new lawsuits from various countries. In the lawsuit, Meta is accused of being able to access private chats on WhatsApp despite promising an end-to-end encryption system.
This lawsuit was filed in the US District Court in San Francisco by plaintiffs from India, Brazil, and other countries. The plaintiffs allege that Meta's promised privacy claims have been false.
For years, WhatsApp has always prioritized the use of end-to-end encryption. This means that no outside party, even Meta, can read or listen to user messages.
However, this lawsuit shows the opposite. In the filed document, it is explained that Meta stores and analyzes almost all communications that are considered private.
Meta employees are said to be able to gain access to user chats simply by sending a simple internal request to the engineering team. Employees can also view messages in real-time, including chats that have been deleted since the account was activated.
Responding to the serious allegations, a Meta spokesperson stated that the claims of the plaintiffs had no solid basis. Meta emphasized that they remained committed to the data security of users who had used the Signal protocol for a decade.
"The claim is unfounded and we will take disciplinary action against the plaintiff's lawyer," said a Meta spokesperson, quoted by SammyGuru on Tuesday, January 27. Meta emphasized that they are still implementing an impenetrable encryption system.
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