Security & privacy tools / WhatsApp
Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.
Where it stands
3.6 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.1 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.4 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on WhatsApp yet. How tests work
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Measured signals
4.1 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from WhatsApp's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability4 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 845 ms.
- Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, x-frame-options).
- Privacy4 / 51 third-party tracking service found: Google Ads.
- Transparency3 / 5Links a privacy policy; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
3.4 / 5 · 45 commenters62% of the 45 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about WhatsApp; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“Yes, WhatsApp is doing encryption that is E2E between two devices. That's a good security model. That limitation is a result of a 'product' decision where your identity on WhatsApp is a mobile phone number. That decision…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“If I were in the position of WhatsApp, I would prefer not to sell user info on principle...but I might also have other principles that say I could do enough good in the world with $19B that it overcomes the evil of…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“> Also, I find it annoying that you can't message someone on WhatsApp without adding them to contacts. You can, if you're both part of a group chat together. Also agree with the opinions expressed even with similar…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“If Facebook and Whatsapp were sharing phone numbers or metadata behind the scenes I would expect to see a lot of suggestions when I log in to the Facebook website, but I don't. Still agree with your opinion, though.…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App (2016, 220 comments) · How WhatsApp works with other Facebook products (2021, 196 comments) · Looking ahead for WhatsApp (2016, 193 comments) · WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to share data with FB” (2021, 169 comments)
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