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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