anuseems Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service is insanely popular.In fact, in January, it was the most popular messaging app on the planet, with more than 600 million active users, and by April it blew that number away, zooming up to 800 million active users.That's quite a lot of chitchat!Of course, the little app that Facebook paid a whole lot of money for last year has had its share of security/privacy thrills and chills, such as spilling the beans about when you're online; privacy holes that could lead to a bit of a private-image peepshow; another blunder that involved using non-secret information to construct secret encryption keys (which is a bit like using your pet's name as a password); and then there was the two-time use of a one-time pad: a cryptographic technique requiring, as its name suggests, that you never re-use its key material.The latest WhatsApp episode isn't quite such a nail-biter, though, as it's not a hole, per se. It's more of a warning about the dangers of not keeping an eye on your gadget.http://thehackernews.com/2015/06/hijacking-whatsapp-account.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 The latest WhatsApp episode isn't quite such a nail-biter, though, as it's not a hole, per se.Latest??? . . . . . . . . . . . It is the same old trick which was being used - right from the time WhatsApp, first made its debut. :tehe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willieaames Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 A very common tactic indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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