In March 2017 , U.K. Secretary of State Amber Rudd said encryption capabilities of messaging tools like WhatsApp are unacceptable , as news reported that Khalid Masood used the application several minutes before perpetrating the 2017 Westminster attack . Rudd publicly called for police and intelligence agencies to be given access to WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging services to prevent future terror attacks
2017 Westminster attack
2017 Westminster attack
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