The founder of Telegram again took a jibe at WhatsApp, calling it ‘surveillance tool’

Durov said in his Wire The message, “Hackers may have full access to WhatsApp users’ phones.” He also claimed that WhatsApp has been keeping user data under surveillance for the past 13 years. Furthermore, he said that the security issues found on WhatsApp are actually deliberately planned.

According to Durov, the imposed backdoors enable governments, law enforcement and hackers to get around encryption and other security measures.

“Every year we learn about some issue WhatsApp This puts everything on their users’ devices at risk… It doesn’t matter if you’re the richest person on earth – if you have WhatsApp installed on your phone, all your data can be accessed from every app on your device. Can,” said. Durov.

To recall, this is not the first time that the founder of Telegram has taken a shot at WhatsApp for being plagued by security issues. Earlier, Durov had mentioned that WhatsApp will not be secure unless the company makes some fundamental changes to it. But till then he advised people to stay away from the app to prevent their smartphones from getting hacked.

Durov Explained the security and privacy features provided by Telegram and said, “I’m not pushing people to switch to Telegram here… Telegram doesn’t need the extra hype.” He added that Telegram follows a privacy-first approach to its instant messaging. The app currently has over 700 million active users and is reportedly registering steady growth with around two million users per day.

As far as the security and privacy of WhatsApp is concerned, the messaging platform claims to provide end-to-end encryption for all chats, video calls and texts. However, at times the app has fallen prey to bugs and security issues that often raise questions about its privacy.