Intimate Enemies – A Review Of Our Willingness To Lose Our Technological Will

Surah Al‑Imran 118 warns believers not to trust outsiders who betray them, emphasizing that hidden intentions are worse than spoken hostility.

Modern application: revealing personal, communal, or national secrets to untrustworthy parties enslaves one to their control. Data becomes the new blackmail currency; metadata from platforms like WhatsApp fuels AI targeting systems such as Israel’s Lavender, enabling strikes without human oversight.

Government bans highlight WhatsApp’s lack of encryption and ties to surveillance. Top personnel of Meta, OpenAI and others have direct military connections, turning the app into an intelligence tool.

Consequently, Muslims should reconsider the use of such applications as WhatsApp, treat data as precious gold, and adopt secure alternatives.