Thursday, 13 March 2014

Security Consultant Says WhatsApp Messages May Not Actually Be Private

From Mashable

Users of the popular messaging platform WhatsApp — which was recently acquired by Facebook for $16 billion last month — may be facing a major security flaw.


According to security consultant Bas Bosschert (and reporters that first surfaced on Hacker News message forum), it's possible for others to access your private WhatsApp chats through downloaded Android apps.


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