April 10, 2026
Telegram founder says WhatsApp reads users’ messages and shares them with third parties
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has again attacked Meta’s WhatsApp, writing in his Telegram channel that WhatsApp’s “encryption” is possibly the biggest fraud in history, misleading billions of users.
TL;DR
- Pavel Durov claims WhatsApp's encryption is the "biggest fraud in history."
- Durov alleges WhatsApp reads user messages and shares them with third parties.
- Telegram assures it has never and will never access user messages.
- Durov supported his claims with a screenshot of a lawsuit against Meta.
- This is not the first time Durov has criticized WhatsApp, having previously called it a "surveillance tool."
- Both Telegram and WhatsApp are popular messaging apps globally and in Russia.
- Both apps have faced restrictions in Russia.
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