WhatsApp head clarifies Facebook can’t read your encrypted chat; Telegram CEO advises giant to respect users

Meanwhile, Signal's popularity shot up after Tesla Inc's CEO and now the richest man on earth Elon Musk endorsed the application on Twitter. The private messenger on January 9^th acknowledged the love it is getting the from India market, as the app topped the charts in the region --

Forced to respond to the widespread criticism, WhatsApp head Will Cathcart took to Twitter to clarify that with end-to-end encryption, no one can see a user’s private chats or tap into the call calls, not even Facebook. He said, “We’ve updated our policy to be transparent and to better describe optional people-to-business features. We wrote about it in October -- this includes commerce on WhatsApp and the ability for people to message a business.”

Staying bullish on the current trend Pavel Durov said, “Unlike Facebook, Telegram doesn't spend any money, let alone billions of dollars, on marketing. We believe that people are smart enough to choose what is best for them. And, judging by the half a billion people using Telegram, this belief is justified.”