Friday, 24 March, 2023

Govt proposes alpha-numeric hash to track WhatsApp messages

<p>Govt of India has proposed the officials of Whatsapp to tag each message with an alpha-numeric hash as a solution to break the impasse over the traceability of the messages. The hash, travelling with the message, can be used to trace the message without breaking the app&rsquo;s encryption. &ldquo;The govt is willing to work with WhatsApp to come up with a solution to enable traceability of message originators without breaking encryption,&rdquo; ET quoted an official.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>