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A Simple #WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers

Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.

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in reply to stux⚡

Remember that time (Linux Is Best) tried telling everyone who would listen that WhatsApp was neither safe nor secure nor private. 🙈 🙉 🙊

I remember. 😂 😜

in reply to stux⚡

A simple rate limit could have solves this issue 'mostly'.
in reply to stux⚡

any keywords/summary why it's worse than one might think?

tl;dr

in reply to stux⚡

Hmm. Downgrade attack. At least I am not in the dump.

Maybe my avatar is in there, but it's my other brother Dave.