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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months ago

This Undisclosed WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message

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This Undisclosed WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months ago

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Engineers warned Meta that nations can monitor chats; staff fear Israel is using this trick to pick assassination targets in Gaza.

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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

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