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This Undisclosed WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message

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This Undisclosed WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message

theintercept.com

Arthur BesseA to

TechnologyEnglish · 4 months ago

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Engineers warned Meta that nations can monitor chats; staff fear Israel is using this trick to pick assassination targets in Gaza.

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undisclosed

WhatsApp vulnerability

lets governments see who you message
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  Definitely shocked Pikachu vibes
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    I am shocked that Facebook employees even see this as a vulnerability. I always considered metadata the valuable part of WhatsApp.

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