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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/28\/23000148\/eu-dma-damage-whatsapp-encryption-privacy<\/a>
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On March 24th, EU governing bodies announced that they had reached a deal<\/a> on the most sweeping legislation to target Big Tech in Europe, known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Seen as an ambitious law with far-reaching implications, the most eye-catching measure in the bill would require that every large tech company \u2014 defined as having a market capitalization of more than \u20ac75 billion and a user base of more than 45 million people in the EU \u2014 create products that are interoperable with smaller platforms<\/a>. For messaging apps, that would mean letting end-to-end encrypted services like WhatsApp mingle with less secure protocols like SMS \u2014 which security experts worry will undermine hard-won gains in the field of message encryption.<\/p>\n

The main focus of the DMA is a class of large tech companies termed \u201cgatekeepers,\u201d defined by the size of their audience or revenue and, by extension, the structural power they are able to wield against smaller competitors. Through the new regulations, the government is hoping to \u201cbreak open\u201d some of the services provided by such companies to allow smaller businesses to compete. That could mean letting users install third-party apps outside of the App Store<\/a>, letting outside sellers rank higher in Amazon searches<\/a>, or requiring messaging apps to send texts across multiple protocols.<\/p>\n

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