WhatsApp to come up with solutions that do not affect its end-to-end encryption

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is hopeful that the company will come up with solutions that do not affect its end-to-end encryption, and at the same time curb misinformation.

Cathcart said that the core origin of this idea came out of concerns over misinformation. He added that the company had made various changes to WhatsApp to ensure it does not become a broadcast messaging platform. He also pointed out that the company has court cases in India on the encryption issue.

During a podcast, he said, “So, we’ve explained this to the government. We’ve explained why we have concerns about it, we’ll stand up, and continue to explain those concerns. Our hope is that we can find a way to end up with solutions that don’t touch encryption. The core origin of this idea came out of concerns over misinformation. I mean, we share concerns over misinformation”.

Cathcart also responded to the question on what would happen if the company lost court cases.

“Look, our track record on this, I think, speaks for itself, in that we’ve been willing to make some really hard calls to defend encryption. if you’re talking about break encryption, it’s really hard for me to imagine being comfortable with it. I mean, it’s hard for me to imagine even how you ask people to do that, I think it’s such a fundamental threat. So, we’ll stand and we’ll make our case, and we’ll argue. My hope is, here, we can find something that is not breaking encryption, that addresses the concerns that’s much more reasonable. That is a much more reasonable solution,” he added.