WhatsApp encryption controversy: What Elon Musk, Telegram’s Pavel Durov and others have to say

WhatsApp’s recent controversy involving allegations of breaching end-to-end encryption has reached new levels. As the news breaks out, Elon Musk and Telegram CEO Pavel Durov have launched pointed attacks on WhatsApp’s privacy claims, stating that users cannot trust the Meta-owned platform with their private conversations. The statements, reposted widely on X, seem to have added fuel to the controversy.