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AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago

Why WhatsApp Will Never Be Secure

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Why WhatsApp Will Never Be Secure

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AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago
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The world seems to be shocked by the news that WhatsApp turned any phone into spyware. Everything on your phone – including photos, emails and texts – could be accessed by attackers just because you had WhatsApp installed [1].   This news didn’t surprise me, though. Last year WhatsApp had to admit they had a very similar issue – a single video call via WhatsApp was all a hacker needed to get access to all of your phone’s data [2].  Every time WhatsApp has to fix a critical vulnerability in their app, a new…
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  • tracyspcy@lemmy.ml
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    4 years ago

    As well as telegram :)

    • Sr Estegosaurio@lemmy.ml
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      4 years ago

      Telegram is not even E2EE by default…

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    4 years ago

    I wouldn’t endorse Telegram either as the shared post suggests. I think the post is misleading in that regard, though it’s not lying on the whatsapp issues…

    • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlOP
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      4 years ago

      I agree

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    4 years ago

    Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead.

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    4 years ago

    Is the post still available? I’m getting:

    The connection has timed out

    The server at telegra.ph is taking too long to respond.

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      It’s working for me, but here’s an archive link just in case: https://web.archive.org/web/20210915153851/https://telegra.ph/Why-WhatsApp-Will-Never-Be-Secure-05-15

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    use xmpp, fuck everything else

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