# WhatsApp Is Not Really Encrypted? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-privacy-6761897/whatsapp-is-not-really-encrypted Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-privacy-6761897/whatsapp-is-not-really-encrypted.md Podcast: [This Week in Privacy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-privacy-6761897) Published: 2026-01-31T01:00:07+00:00 Episode link: https://www.thisweekinprivacy.net/episodes/whatsapp-is-not-really-encrypted Audio file: https://op3.dev/e/media.transistor.fm/d60491b0/5fab4759.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-privacy-6761897/episodes/whatsapp-is-not-really-encrypted Duration seconds: 6888 ## Resource WhatsApp encryption is coming under scrutiny, French lawmakers are pushing an under-15s social media ban, TikTok’s privacy policy has gotten worse after it has been bought by American investors, and much more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #38. (00:00) - Intro (00:21) - Start of podcast (01:12) - Site updates (04:47) - Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption (19:04) - French lawmakers vote to ban social media use by under-15s (36:23) - UK Lords vote to ban VPNs for children as pressure on the privacy tools increases (49:57) - AI and facial recognition to be rolled out as Britain’s ‘broken’ policing system faces sweeping reforms (01:03:12) - TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes (01:17:26) - Forum & Community Updates (01:20:32) - Q&A (01:50:46) - A Message from Privacy Guides' Program Director (01:54:07) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-privacy-6761897/episodes/whatsapp-is-not-really-encrypted/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-privacy-6761897/whatsapp-is-not-really-encrypted.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.