Battle of the rich – Elon Musk attacks Mark Zuckerberg’s WhatsApp
Elon Musk, the owner of X has slammed his counterpart, Mark Zuckerberg for his popular message app, WhatsApp’s lack of security.
The world’s richest man made the claim on his X platform when responding to a question put forward by a user.
‘if WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, why am I seeing ads for a bag out of the blue?’ the X user asked.
Musk plainly replied, ‘Because it’s spyware.’ the answer follows a trend of attack sustained so far by Elon Must.
Mark Zuckerberg has not responded so far to the attack, and he has chosen the path of constraint since Musk began speaking critically about his businesses.
The two Silicon Valley Lords have often seen competition cause a strife between them.
Since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, and renamed it X, the competition between the two heavyweights heightened.
In the past, the two had said they would settle their scores in the octagon. The fight was well publicised but was later dropped mysteriously.
Mark Zuckerberg was seen several times training with Israel Adesinya in what was touted as the most populous fight in history.
The fight was called after Elon Musk purchased Twitter and renamed it X. The purchase was outrageous. Many experts said the price made the purchase a desperate one.
Elon Musk initially threatened to back down but was threatened with a court case, which experts said would go against the world richest man.
Mark Zuckerberg quickly floated Thread, Twitter-like app. Thread was launched by Zuckerberg to rival Twitter and give dissenting people alternative.
Thread has not fulfilled its potential since it was launched. It made the news with a wave of subscribers, but soon fizzled out.
X formerly known as Twitter continues to fly, with new features having been introduced by Elon Musk.
Musk has also taken X to the next level by monetizing it and categorising it.
WhatsApp continues to thrive as the world’s most popular messaging app. Mark Zuckerberg said the message app is end to end encryption.
The encryption means no one is reading nor listening to messages on the app. But the app is undergoing updates, with new features coming into effect.
The recent question posed by the X user that drew the response by Elon Musk has further widen the cracks of distrust in the end to end encryption term of the messaging app.
With targeted adds, it means that WhatsApp accesses what one likes or is likely to engage with. And the access means the end to end encryption is jeopardized.
End to end encryption is a major challenge for targeted adds. Mark Zuckerberg has not officially stated that the end to end encryption term has been broken or disbanded.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is pushing the narrative to discouraging users and move them to his own app.
Even though there is atom of truth in the question posed by the X user, jumping into direct accusation is unfair.
Elon Musk is outspoken and has proven to be a good business man with his rethorics.
