[bombolo]

Never heard of it. Perhaps not in the entire europe?

[stefncb]

I've lived in both eastern and western Europe and it's used a lot almost everywhere. As far as I can tell, the more Russian-influenced countries tend to use other services.

It's still crazy to me how people use Viber en masse in a lot of those places. The UX is abysmal and it's full of manipulative ads. Habits are hard to change.

[phito]

Definitely not everywhere. It's not widely used in my country.

[FirmwareBurner]

Can't speak for the entire Europe obviously, usage varies from country to country, but where I've been it's pretty well entrenched for bot social and business.

[denton-scratch]

WhatsApp is widely used by UK ministers to communicate with potential donors, lobbyists and other politicians. I don't know why it's allowed; in-person meetings are supposed to have a civil servant present and taking notes. WhatsApp gets them off the FOI hook.

[brox]

Case in point: The ongoing Covid-19 inquiry request for access to government WhatsApp messages: https://www.ft.com/content/208263bf-b6bb-4ea6-8e6b-ee2e522ac...

[developer93]

I thought it doesn't, the law just doesn't seem to be enforced properly?

[caycep]

is it feasible to have a reg where WhatsApp is allowed, as long as a copy of the transcript post-decryption goes to the national archives or whatnot?

[rospaya]

> Never heard of it. Perhaps not in the entire europe?

Never heard of Whatsapp? Try removing the comments where you talk about it then.

[bombolo]

I'm sorry you can't understand text.

[KomoD]

Yeah, not entirely.