Facebook owned WhatsApp had earlier too put down government's request to identify the origin of messages, citing it could break end-to-end encryption. "Building traceability would undermine end-to-end encryption and the private nature of WhatsApp, creating the potential for serious misuse. How Personal Messaging worksWhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is used when you message another person using WhatsApp Messenger. With end-to-end encryption, your messages are secured with a lock and only the recipient of any message can unlock and read them. Government has cleared that information would not require these apps to break end-to-end encryption.

Source: dna February 25, 2021 14:26 UTC