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New WhatsApp Flaw Puts Words In People’s Mouths

9 mins·12:45, 9 Aug 2019
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New WhatsApp Flaw Puts Words In People’s Mouths

9 mins
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12:45, 9 Aug 2019
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Researchers from Checkpoint have demonstrated how, with a new tool, text within quoted WhatsApp messages could be modified completely to convey a different message. While Facebook doesn’t think it’s a big deal at the expense of privacy, researchers believe it’s a flaw that needs to be fixed.

Presenter: Jeff Sandhu, Arvindh Yuvaraj, & Audrey Raj

Producer: Christine Wong

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