cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/71321898
Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance
Whatsapp is encrypted as far as I know. But then again, it’s Meta, so my trust in that is near zero.
Telegram secret chats are too, but regular ones are not and you can’t have a secret group chat.