New WhatsApp Warning—Do You Need To Delete Your App?

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New WhatsApp Warning—Do You Need To Delete Your App?
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Zak is a widely recognized expert on surveillance, cyber and the security and privacy risks with AI, big tech, social media and smartphones. He is regularly cited in the media, with appearances on BBC, Sky, NPR, NBC, Channel 4, TF1, ITV and Fox. Zak has 25-years real-world experience in AI, cyber and surveillance.

A “surprising” new warning for WhatsApp users has suddenly hit this week, with some security experts advising users to delete their apps. The same issue also impacts Signal—but with its vast user base, WhatsApp is the real problem.

Clearly if you have physical access to an unlocked device, then you can see everything. But that physical access is a major hurdle. Remote access is the real prize. WhatsAppthat third-party apps under Europe’s DMA might compromise its end-to-end security for that reason. But it turns out WhatsApp’s issues are closer to home.

That risk of a secretive, unauthorized endpoint into an ongoing conversation is very serious. It opens the possibility of a backdoor. Mysk says that he experimented with this vulnerability to prove it out, and found that “Signal didn't show a warning about the existence of this ‘cloned’ session.”

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