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This Undisclosed WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message (theintercept.com)

submitted 5 months ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

TL;DR meta data isn't encrypted and read by “government agencies”. Probably Israel, but they're not saying with certainty which agencies do.
If government agencies can read these, other groups likely can, too.

“WhatsApp has no backdoors and we have no evidence of vulnerabilities in how WhatsApp works,” said Meta spokesperson Christina LoNigro.

Your vulnerability's right there, LoNigro.
Saying “oh but it affects the other apps, too” doesn't make yours less vulnerable.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

lol not sure why you’re calling out Israel specifically when likely every government on the planet is doing the same thing.

[–] Cuntessera@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

Because they’ve been caught killing people in Gaza based on their affiliations to group chats on WhatsApp.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240418-israel-using-metas-whatsapp-to-kill-palestinians-in-gaza-through-ai-system/

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2495816/media

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/131708/Meta-challenged-over-accusations-of-helping-Israel-identify-war-targets

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Israel has been the center for surveillance and intelligence tech for a long time, they are at the peak, way above the NSA. The NSA is just a bunch of code monkeys honestly, they get way too much credit

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 months ago

The article is, and I'm TL;DRing the article