Big news for messaging: WhatsApp is rolling out support for interoperability, enabling third-party chats across Europe. BirdyChat and Haiket are already supported with WhatsApp. Here's why it matters 🔐

Meta built this under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), maintaining end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and some basic privacy guarantees. As a whole: you can talk across platforms without sacrificing security. (or WhatsApp's definition of it)

Why this matters: The DMA aims to curb big tech dominance by promoting interoperability. No more being locked into one app ecosystem. Theoretically more messengers will also work with this.

While this doesn't resolve WhatsApp's privacy concerns, it does help bridge the gap between WhatsApp users and those who opt to use Signal. Potentially someday, you can message WhatsApp contacts from Signal without ever needing to set up a WhatsApp account.