Will Cathcart told News, “You’d be surprised how many people have figured it out.”
In addition to being prohibited in North Korea and Iran, WhatsApp has also been sporadically blocked in Senegal, Guinea, and Syria.
Moreover, China prohibited iPhone users from downloading the encrypted platform last month.
Voice calls are among the characteristics that are restricted in other nations, such as Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates.
We can look at some of the countries where we’re seeing blocking and still see tens of millions of users connecting to WhatsApp, as we have a lot of anecdotal reports of individuals using the app,” Mr. Cathcart told News.However, because registered phone numbers allow WhatsApp to access its users’ true whereabouts.
