cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5331985
President Maduro of Venezuela denounces
WhatsApp as a spying system
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has accused
WhatsApp of operating as a spying tool and urged citizens to switch to alternative messaging apps such as Telegram and WeChat.
Speaking at a meeting in Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, the president asserted, "WhatsApp provided its list of Venezuelan users to Colombian drug traffickers, who then conducted months of espionage."
