11/04/2025
🚨 Elon Musk just announced X Chat - a new encrypted messenger launching in the next few months to compete with WhatsApp and Telegram.
Announced on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Musk says they’ve rebuilt everything from scratch using Bitcoin-style peer-to-peer encryption.
His main selling point? ZERO ad-targeting hooks.
Musk called out WhatsApp for collecting enough data to serve you ads, saying “if they know what ads to show you, they’re sitting on mountains of your private info - a hacker’s dream.”
Meta claims WhatsApp is fully encrypted and they can’t read your messages. But metadata (who you talk to, how often) isn’t encrypted, and chat backups aren’t automatically protected.
Plus, WhatsApp’s own FAQ admits they share data across Meta platforms.
Musk’s promise: fully encrypted messages, files, and video calls - “the most secure messaging system ever.” It’ll be integrated into X and released as a standalone app.
The twist? Meta defends WhatsApp’s security using Signal protocols - a service many consider already compromised.
We’ll see what X Chat actually delivers when security experts get their hands on it. “Most secure ever” is a bold claim. 👀
What do you think - will you try it?