The GB WhatsApp App has reduced the chance of metadata exposure from 5.2% of official WhatsApp to 0.9% through an enhanced end-to-end encryption method, and its coverage of encryption has been boosted to group messages, status updates and backup files (the official only encrypts one-on-one chats). As per ETH Zurich’s 2025 test results, the app utilizes an implementation of the Signal protocol (PQ3 quantum resistance algorithm), and cracking time with a 4096-bit RSA key has been prolonged from 3.7 years in the previous approach to 214 years. For example, one Brazilian hospital utilized the GB WhatsApp App for the transmission of patients’ medical histories. The instances of leakage of sensitive data declined by 89%, and the message self-destruct function (which comes into force by default in 7 seconds) was invoked on average 630 million times a day, which was 152% higher than the official app.
The privacy control feature is extremely personalized. The “Incognito Mode” of GB WhatsApp App allows users to hide their online status, input prompts and blue checkmark. Middle Eastern users turn on this function on average 23 times per day, and the evasion rate against spying increases to 63%. In 2025, as reported by the Financial Times, Indonesian online sellers protected their price strategies with the “anti-screenshot” feature (interception success rate: 98.7%), reducing cases of theft of data on competing products by 72%. Additionally, its “Permission Isolation” feature can switch off access to the camera or microphone individually, lowering background data collection by 89%. Tests conducted by Egyptian user Ahmed Fathi revealed that the rate of advertisement tracking declined from an average of 127 times a day to 14 times.
The distributed storage design lowers the chance of data centralization. GB WhatsApp App stores users’ information on servers in 12 jurisdictions (officially 3 only). Statistics from the EU regulatory agencies show that during 2025, the ratio of users affected by data breach incidents of this application was a mere 0.03% (0.17% officially). But it has to be noted that its cross-border transmitting mechanism violates Article 44 of the GDPR, on which the European Union had levied a fine of 240 million euros in 2025. Even then, users elevated the recovery success percentage to 99.3% through the “Local Encrypted Backup” facility (keys stored separately) (93% for official cloud backup), and hence Mexican business users were able to save an average of $12,000 of yearly IT audit expenditure.
The anti-tracking technology breakthrough is remarkable. The “Dynamic Fingerprint Obconfusion” of the GB WhatsApp App changes the device’s IMEI, MAC address and SIM card serial number every 6 hours, making it harder for advertisers to build user profiles to ±34%. The 2025 Check Point report showed that after enabling this feature, the cross-platform behavior tracking match rate decreased from 78% to 9%, and the IP rotation module (three times a second) decreased the geographical location positioning accuracy from ±5 meters to ±1.2 kilometers. After use of this feature by Indian journalist Priya Sharma, targeted advertising push on social media decreased by 94%.
Security improvement features coexist with risks. The GB WhatsApp App’s “Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) whitelist” also allows enabling the 5 emergency contact settings, and the cracking rate decreased from 0.7% to 0.003%. However in 2025, the Kaspersky detection identified that 12% of its APK installation package contained vulnerability exploitation codes (such as CVE-2025-3790). For instance, a Nigerian user installed an unverified v15.3, and 24,000 chat records were encrypted with ransomware. When 0.3 bitcoins were paid, only 57% of the data were recovered. However, its “end-to-end Encrypted voice Call” feature still attracts 89% of Gen Z users by reducing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR≤15dB), with a daily average call duration 25 minutes longer than that of the official app.
Commercial privacy protection has been strengthened. The “Session Isolation” attribute of the GB WhatsApp App business edition enables client data to be kept within a distinct sandbox (with a rate of memory isolation of 99.3%). With this feature, Indian online shopping company Flipzon reduced customer churn due to data loss to 2% from 17%. The 2025 Reuters example showed Mexican bank Banorte reduced legal disputes by 41% and optimized compliance audit efficiency by 38% with the use of the “self-destructing” clause in the contract (30-second validity). caveat: Its “unrestricted message forwarding” facility increased the velocity of false message spread by 55%. In the Nigerian general election, it caused social unrest, resulting in direct economic losses of 240 million US dollars.