Meta Is Playing a Game of Whack-A-Mole With the Taliban as the Isolated Afghan Government Increasingly Attempts to Use Whatsapp’s End-To-End Encryption for Official Business
19th June 2023
Since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, Taliban government officials are increasingly turning to WhatsApp to communicate, relying on the encrypted messaging app for everything from identifying raid targets to sending official ministry memos.
The New York Times reported that — despite their reliance on the app — officials for the newly established radical government struggle to maintain access to their WhatsApp accounts and can be cut off from their essential communications without notice.
Taliban officials then try finding workarounds to access the app, like buying new SIM cards and creating new accounts, prompting a cyclical cat-and-mouse game.
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