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submitted 2 years ago* by Sylocule@lemmy.one to c/technology@lemmy.world

WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It's revealed some more details on how that will work.

— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.

— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp's standards

— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won't become interoperable

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[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

No, they have to convince everyone they talk to to enable the setting to be able to use this

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