New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.

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NEW: WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It’s revealed some more details on how that will work.

— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.

— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp’s standards

— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won’t become interoperable

  • Dariusmiles2123English
    1·
    10 months ago

    Oh shit that’s bad news.

    I guess the technical side was complicated…

    • Flipper@feddit.deEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      It’s not the technical side. They are scared of metadata leaking and making their network less secure. If you want a dezentrale messaging to work take a look at matrix.