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There was a stir in the world of social media when the world’s richest person and owner of X (formerly Twitter) Elon Musk made serious allegations against the messaging app WhatsApp. Musk has claimed that WhatsApp is not transparent about users’ chatting privacy and is committing “fraud”. He said that his platform is now preparing to launch a new chatting application — “X Chat” — which will be completely secure and transparent.

Musk’s allegation – “WhatsApp misleads users”

Elon Musk recently wrote in a social media post, “WhatsApp gives users the illusion of privacy, while in reality the app shares data in the background.” He said that users should understand that many times their information is transmitted to third platforms in the name of “end-to-end encryption”. After this statement of Musk, there was a stir on the internet and #WhatsAppFraud hashtag started trending.

Meta replied

WhatsApp’s parent company Meta called Musk’s allegations “completely false and misleading.” The company says that all personal chats on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted, and neither WhatsApp, nor Meta, nor any third party can read these messages. However, Musk also took a dig at Meta’s statement, saying, “If everything is so secure, then why do data leaks happen again and again?”

What is the expectation from ‘X Chat’?

Elon Musk indicated that ‘X Chat’ will be a part of his super app “X”, in which all the features like messaging, calling and payments will be available on a single platform. Musk said that this app will set new standards of “data security and user control”. According to sources, in X Chat, users will be able to keep their data on an encrypted server, which only they will be able to access.

Increased competition in the technical world

After this announcement by Musk, a wave of new competition is being seen in the tech industry. While WhatsApp has more than 2 billion users worldwide, Musk’s X platform is slowly taking the form of a “super app”. Experts say that if X Chat fulfills the promise of privacy, it can prove to be a serious challenge for WhatsApp.

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