WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Viber, and WeChat can all be snooped on by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. According to a report by Rolling Stone, leaked documents from the FBI reveal that the intelligence agency can request private data from over nine encrypted messaging services.While your messages remain end-to-end encrypted, the FBI can collect real-time metadata about your messages via WhatsApp and other chat services.This includes your phone number, IP address, location, message timestamps, and who you've contacted over time.This information can be used to accurately piece together your movements and contacts, without breaking the end-to-end encryption that WhatsApp promises users.
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