BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp(birdy.chat)

689 points by joooscha 9 months ago | 433 comments

BirdyChat blog post announcing it is the first European chat app able to exchange messages with WhatsApp under the EU Digital Markets Act.

Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?(blog.cryptographyengineering.com)

523 points by md224 2 years ago | 473 comments

Blog post by cryptographer Matthew Green examining whether Telegram actually qualifies as an encrypted messaging app, given its default lack of end-to-end encryption.

The EU's war on behavioral advertising(thisisunpacked.substack.com)

273 points by curiousbird 3 years ago | 359 comments

Vivaldi on Android bypasses restrictions to let users access Bing Chat(vivaldi.com)

223 points by Madko 3 years ago | 135 comments

ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps(metalhearf.fr)

967 points by Metalhearf 1 year ago | 538 comments

Blog post explaining the EU's proposed ChatControl legislation, which would require messaging platforms to scan private messages and images, including in encrypted apps.

Apple's App Tracking Transparency treated its own apps better than rivals(bundeskartellamt.de)

235 points by nyku 2 months ago | 89 comments