> Funny how it wasn't until after they were acquired by that company that they began the project to adopt the protocol that would make reading their messages cr

> Funny how it wasn't until after they were acquired by that company that they began the project to adopt the protocol that would make reading their messages cryptographically hard. Perhaps you don't remember this: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/28/whatsapp-pause-sharing-user-data-facebook-european-privacy-regulators-yahoo https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/28/whatsapp-... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/17/facebook-halts-use-of-whatsapp-data-for-advertising-in-europe https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/17/facebook-... Can't parse your second sentence, sorry.