{"id":132689,"date":"2020-07-09T18:03:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132689"},"modified":"2020-07-09T18:03:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:03:14","slug":"will-cathcart-the-future-of-digital-communication-and-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132689","title":{"rendered":"Will Cathcart: The future of digital communication and privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-ted wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will Cathcart: The future of digital communication and privacy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/will_cathcart_the_future_of_digital_communication_and_privacy\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>People send 100 billion WhatsApp messages every day &#8212; and they&#8217;re all encrypted to protect them from potentially curious entities like companies, governments and even WhatsApp itself. With our increased reliance on digital communication tools during the COVID-19 pandemic, our fundamental right to privacy is more important than ever, says Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp. He describes the tech and protocols the company built to prevent encryption services from being misused to spread disinformation or commit crimes &#8212; while still safeguarding privacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People send 100 billion WhatsApp messages every day &#8212; and they&#8217;re all encrypted to protect them from potentially curious entities like companies, governments and even WhatsApp itself. With our increased reliance on digital communication tools during the COVID-19 pandemic, our fundamental right to privacy is more important than ever, says Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148230,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148230","url_meta":{"origin":132689,"position":0},"title":"Germany Holds the Kill Switch on Europe\u2019s Last Freedom","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"12\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, September 12, the European Union stands at a breaking point. 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