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A 10-month Commerce Department probe concluded Meta could view all WhatsApp messages in unencrypted form

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[-] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Sounds like a compromised phone in the sense that it doesn't protect (and instead transmit) the private key.

[-] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

That's not the phones fault, but how WhatsApp works

[-] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

How is a phone not compromised if it hosts apps that play into the hands of evil actors?

[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

it is not, unless the app can exfiltrate data from other apps

[-] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I undersrstand my threat model and how to limit exposure.

this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2026
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