And the article says as much: > It is worth noting that this law also applies to non-web applications where the service provider supposedly being secured again

And the article says as much: > It is worth noting that this law also applies to non-web applications where the service provider supposedly being secured against is also the client software distributor; thus, the “end-to-end encryption” offered by Whatsapp and Signal, amongst other proprietary services, is equally bogus.