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WhatsApp, Signal, untraceable security risk (www.techradar.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Spot@startrek.website to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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Three billion WhatsApp users are at risk - an expert has developed a tool that could spy on everyone, and you would never know about it

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Shit... I can't imagine anything that would prevent a service provider or government from doing this all the time to everyone.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 10 months ago

I suspect they already are doing this.

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