WhatsApp texts can be intercepted

London: A a new research  shows that a security backdoor has been found within WhatsApp messaging service that can be used to allow Facebook and others to intercept and read encrypted messages., according to the Guardian. 

However, Facebook, which acquired WhatsApp in 2014, claims that no one can intercept WhatsApp messages, not even the company and its staff. But the new research shows that the company could in fact read messages due to the way WhatsApp has implemented its end-to-end encryption protocol. 

According to the Telegraph, the encryption technology was added last year to ensure that no one can read a user's messages other than them. 

However, WhatsApp can generate new encryption keys for offline users which means the company could intercept messages sent to phones that aren’t connected to the internet and forward them on to a separate device without the sender or receiver knowing, the report said.