Everyone I message with is via iMessage or Signal nowadays and I only have WhatsApp because I am part of a few sports clubs which have a WhatsApp group but we don't chat enough for me to notice a downtime like today.
Makes me happy to see how I've actually managed to rid myself of WhatsApp for the most part.
iMessage intentionally preserves a backdoor in its crypto so that the FBI can read approximately every iMessage sent/received without a warrant, should they so desire.
For the normal person this matters less of course, intelligence services are not interested in your nudes.
> intelligence services are not interested in your nudes
There is actually plenty of evidence they are[1].
[1]: https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/17/5912287/edward-snowden-sa...
If I recall correctly Snowden said the opposite. The guys he was around regularly shared nudes etc of people they were spying ins
Would be great if you provide a source for that.
Might not be the best "source", but there's clear evidence of it being done in the past.
The backdoor in their end to end encryption preserved intentionally by Apple to enable surveillance is what allows them to be read - by Apple.
In some countries WhatsApp is used by almost everyone. I wonder how much all those free users cost Meta each year. Just as a side thought :)