WhatsApp Encryption Fraud: WhatsApp is reading your private messages, Telegram CEO said – this is the biggest fraud in history

Business Desk – WhatsApp Encryption Fraud: Elon Musk, owner of social media platform Musk said that WhatsApp cannot be trusted. This controversy started after a new ‘class-action’ lawsuit against WhatsApp in America.

WhatsApp is reading private messages despite encryption

In a petition filed in an American court, it has been alleged that WhatsApp intercepts the messages of its users. The company claims that its messages are “end-to-end encrypted”. That means no third party other than the sender and the recipient can read them. However, according to the lawsuit, Meta is sharing these messages with third parties like Accenture.

Musk and Durov called it “the biggest fraud in history”

Posting on X, Elon Musk wrote, “WhatsApp cannot be trusted.” He urged users to use X Chat, claiming that it offers “real privacy”.

Meanwhile, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov also insisted that WhatsApp’s “encryption” could be the biggest consumer fraud in history, misleading billions of users. Durov claimed that Telegram has never participated in such practices, nor will it ever do so.

Meta’s response: The allegations are completely false and absurd

Meta has immediately issued a clarification regarding these serious allegations. A spokesperson for the company said, “The claims made in the lawsuit are completely false and absurd. WhatsApp has been using the Signal Protocol for the last decade. No one—except the sender and the recipient—can read your messages.”

Long standing feud between Musk and Zuckerberg

The dispute between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg is nothing new. After Musk bought Twitter (now X), Zuckerberg launched ‘Threads’ to compete with it. In 2025, Musk described his AI chatbot, ‘Grok’, as superior to Meta AI. In June 2023, Musk also challenged Zuckerberg to a ‘cage fight’, to which Zuckerberg responded by asking for a place.

Knowledge Box, What is end-to-end encryption?

In simple words, end-to-end encryption is a security technology that turns your messages into a secret code that only the sender and the recipient can read. In this process, neither the internet service provider, nor hackers, and even the service provider itself (like WhatsApp or Meta) can see or hear your messages, photos or calls.