WhatsApp boss decries attacks on encryption as Orwellian
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#5K0Q2)
Will Cathcart likens governments' stance to insisting a 1984 telescreen be installed in every living room
Government attacks on WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption are akin to demands that an Orwellian telescreen be installed in every living room, the app's head has said as it launches a major advertising campaign in defence of privacy.
Will Cathcart told the Guardian in an interview that the abstract nature of digital communications can obscure huge violations of personal freedom.
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