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This Undisclosed WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message
(theintercept.com)
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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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.
Your vulnerability's right there, LoNigro.
Saying “oh but it affects the other apps, too” doesn't make yours less vulnerable.
lol not sure why you’re calling out Israel specifically when likely every government on the planet is doing the same thing.
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
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
The article is, and I'm TL;DRing the article