[{"type":"bulleted-list","children":[{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"Tech entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk is set to launch a standalone messaging app called âX Chatâ to compete with Telegram and WhatsApp, with a rollout expected within the next few months. "}]},{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"âOn X, we just rebuilt the entire messaging stack into whatâs called âX Chat,ââ said Musk during "},{"text":"The Joe Rogan Experience ","italic":true},{"text":"podcast, which aired on Friday. "}]},{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"Musk said he hopes the new messaging app will be released in a âfew months,â adding it wonât have any âhooks for advertisingâ as he pointed to competitors like WhatsApp, which âknows enough about what youâre texting to know what ads to show you,â he said. "}]},{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"âBut then, thatâs a massive security vulnerability because if it knows enough information to show you ads, thatâs a lot of information,â he said, adding that hackers could use those same âhooksâ to read private messages. "}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Does WhatsApp read your messages?","bold":true}]},{"type":"bulleted-list","children":[{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"WhatsAppâs parent company, Meta, claims it doesnât have access to private messages, explaining in its FAQ that messages between people are end-to-end encrypted using the Signal Protocol. This also covers voice messages, media and documents. "}]},{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"âItâs using a peer-to-peer-based encryption system, kind of similar to Bitcoin. Itâs very good encryption; weâre testing it thoroughly.â "}]},{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"However, itâs understood that âmetadata,â such as who you chatted with and how often you talk with them, is not encrypted. WhatsApp also does not automatically encrypt backup copies of your chat history. "}]},{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"WhatsAppâs FAQ section on âDoes WhatsApp collect or sell your data?â skirts answering the latter part of the question, only explaining that âwe work with other Meta Companies to help provide, improve and support each otherâs services.â"}]},{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"âIf you choose to integrate your WhatsApp experience with other Meta products, we will share some information with Meta to make this possible.â"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"X Chat wonât have these hooks, says Musk ","bold":true}]},{"type":"bulleted-list","children":[{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"Musk promised that X Chat wonât have these advertising âhooks.â "}]},{"type":"list-item","children":[{"text":"âIâm not saying itâs perfect, but our goal with X chat is to replace what used to be the Twitter DM stack with a fully encrypted system where you can text, send files, do audio video calls, and I think it will be the least insecure of any messaging system.â"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"He added that the messaging app will be available as part of the X platform and as its own standalone app. "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\n\n"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""},{"type":"topic","character":"ElonMusk","children":[{"text":""}]},{"text":" "},{"type":"topic","character":"XChat","children":[{"text":""}]},{"text":" "},{"type":"topic","character":"Jucom","children":[{"text":""}]},{"text":" "},{"type":"topic","character":"Bitcoin","children":[{"text":""}]},{"text":" "},{"type":"topic","character":"cryptocurrency","children":[{"text":""}]},{"text":" "}]}]