WhatsApp encrypts its messaging using a 256-bit key. However, according to a 2007 rule issued by India's Department of Telecommunications, private companies can**t use encryption higher than 40-bits without permission from the Indian government.
"** one can see inside that message. **t cybercriminals. **t ******s. **t oppressive regimes. **t even us. End-to-end encryption helps make communication via WhatsApp private – sort of like a face-to-face conversation," WhatsApp founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum said in their an**uncement. Read more...