Cointelegraph|Feb 12, 2026 22:49
👁🗨Not Dead Yet | S1E5 — Chris McCabe
WhatsApp whistleblowers have claimed the company can read your messages.
This caused many of the big names in communication apps to start firing shots at each other over privacy. This left us all wondering: Is there any app you can use to communicate privately and securely anymore?
In episode 5 of Not Dead Yet, @rkbaggs speaks with @Cryptic_cm, the co-founder and CEO of @session_app, on everything from the perils of metadata to the future of private messaging.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
01:13 – What Is Session?
04:55 – Can WhatsApp read your messages?
09:26 – What is so bad about metadata?
14:29 – The difficulties of no KYC
19:50 – Regulators and relocation
20:42 – End-to-end encryption isn’t enough
22:54 – Where does AI fit into the privacy landscape?
27:43 – Is there another PRISM agreement between AI and governments?
37:37 – If we don’t regulate AI, where do we end up?
41:10 – “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.”
43:40 – The desire for a panopticon
48:00 – What’s the future of privacy in communication?(Cointelegraph)
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