Subj : whatsapp = bad for your smartphone health
To   : Arelor
From : Ogg
Date : Thu Oct 06 2022 18:59:00

Hello Arelor!

** On Thursday 06.10.22 - 05:39, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

 >> "Hackers could have full access (!) to everything on the phones of
 >> WhatsApp users.

 A> [...] IN theory a compromised appplication could only
 A> access resources the operating system is willing to
 A> conceede to it. That is why you are supposed to give
 A> permissions to applications to access this or that feature
 A> of the phone.

My understanding of the vulnerability is that Whatsapp is  
allowing full access despite user-controls, when a user is  
tricked into a video conference or accepts some file delivery.   
And.. meanwhile, Whatsapp stores the user passwords in the  
clear.


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