A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down
A 10-month Commerce Department probe concluded Meta could view all WhatsApp messages in unencrypted form
https://www.techspot.com/news/112232-federal-agent-whatsapp-encryption-lie-investigation-shut-down.html
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