WhatsApp and AT&T Receive Low Marks on EFF Privacy Scorecard

While AT&T at least follows industry best practices, WhatsApp only received one star based on its parent company policy opposing government backdoors.

For four years, the online privacy advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation has released scorecards in an effort to quantify the security of consumer data, on messaging apps and held by larger companies like Google and AT&T. This year despite some recent breaches, the “Who has your back?” scorecard reflects changing attitudes among users and big data companies.

The report reads:

Overwhelmingly, tech giants began publishing annual reports about government data requests, promising to provide users notice when the government sought access to their data, and requiring a search warrant before handing over user content.

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