Last week , we reported about a cryptographer who found Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability a supposed vulnerability in WhatsApp and later gave an interview to The Guardian explaining the matter . The cryptographer later posted Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability videos on YouTube explaining Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability his findings , and WhatsApp ’ s response to his claims Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability came in a timely manner . Cryptographer Tobias Boelter claimed that Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability Facebook and WhatsApp could potentially intercept and read encrypted messages sent within the app . WhatsApp issued a statement saying Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that the alleged “ backdoor ” was actually an intentional design decision so that millions of messages could be delivered to their intended recipients . The developer of WhatsApp ’ s encryption protocol , Open Whisper Systems , also issued a statement backing up WhatsApp ’ s claims . Now it seems that security researchers from around the world have come together to defend WhatsApp and urge The Guardian to retract its story .