Sridhar Vembu says Arattai has privacy for lovers, for rebels probably not

For the last few days there has been an intensifying debate around privacy in Arattai, the viral app from Zoho. The app, which has been touted as a challenger to WhatsApp, is a fully-functional messaging app. Although, its critics have jumped onto one missing component in it: the lack of end-to-end encryption. This is a feature that WhatsApp and Signal offer but Arattai lacks. Arattai leadership has highlighted again and again that end-to-end encryption for the app is in the works and will roll out soon. But the privacy debate rages on.

On Wednesday morning Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu, who is also the force behind the company, added to this debate. Although his comments raised a few questions as well even if they also answered a few.

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