WhatsApp drew attention for its whopping price tag, after announcing deal with Facebook, but this has also brought out fresh criticism over security for the billions of messages delivered on the platform.
WhatsApp, which is to be acquired for USD 19 billion by Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg's co to pay WhatsApp $2 bn if deal falls through), says on its website that "communication between your phone and our server is fully encrypted."
WhatsApp warns users need to be aware that when they send messages, the recipient's device may not be secure. But it says it does not store any chat history and that messages are wiped off its system after delivery.
Yet security researchers and others point out that there may be vulnerabilities in the system used by some 450 million people globally..
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