News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp. Parent comment

Re:Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp by jraph on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @04:45PM (#46802010)
BirdyChat, the existence of which we all first became aware at the same time as that legislation and which nobody can use yet, only join a waitlist... :-)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp by aaravchen on Saturday January 31, 2026 @04:00PM (#46840802)
And apparently requires explicit WhatsApp user opt-in to be available. Meta is of course going to maliciously comply as best they can, so they've made sure interoperability is off by default and requires a specific opt in.
[ Parent | on HN ]