Three billion WhatsApp users are at risk - an expert has developed a tool that could spy on everyone, and you would never know about it

  • halfdane@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    While I appreciate your refusal to spread panic, would you mind explaining what the attack does and why it’s a nothingburger, maybe even why it’s not practical? Because right now, you assert a lot of things without any explanation.

    Not saying you’re wrong, but I think it’s good practice to not just rely on claims of authority

    • nomad@infosec.pub
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      2 days ago

      Very simplified: assume you send somebody a signal messages every second and observe the timing of the “delivered” icon. They do the same but the messages are invisible and they time the icon very exactly.