How WhatsApp's client-side E2EE, user-held backup keys, and past reverse engineering undercut claims in a class action lawsuit that Meta can read user chats
It's not every day that we see mainstream media get excited about encryption apps! For that reason, the past several days have been fascinating …
A look at WhatsApp's massive global reach and influence, and how the messaging app became a core technology relied on by governments and extended families alike
The platform has become a core technology around the world, relied on by governments and extended families alike. What are we all doing there?
Sources: wealthy Californians are quietly mobilizing on WhatsApp and calls in a long-shot bid to oust Rep. Ro Khanna, who supports a controversial wealth tax
It's hard right now to be a progressive Democrat in the heart of America's tech industry. — Representative Ro Khanna …
Interviews with 10 Kenyan AI annotators show how Chinese companies hire data labelers via opaque middleman networks and WhatsApp groups to avoid accountability
Rest of World : LinkedIn: Dámiláre Dòsùnmú . Bluesky: @fireantprincess and @restofworld.org LinkedIn: Dámiláre Dòsùnmú : my latest story is about how chinese AI companies are quietly tapping into ken...
Researchers demonstrated a major WhatsApp flaw that exposed 3.5B users' phone numbers, with 57% also showing a profile photo; Meta fixed the enumeration problem
By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp's contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure …
A look at life in online scam compounds run by Chinese gangs on the Myanmar-Thai border, with purported Thai immigration officials luring trafficking victims
Thailand has become a key transit hub for trafficking victims … Bluesky: Adolfo Arranz / @adolfux : Over 185,000 brush strokes went into creating this visual story in “sequential art” format about gan...
WhatsApp fixed a zero-click bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used, alongside a now-fixed Apple flaw, to hack into devices of “specific targeted users”
“Incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages … Matt Suiche : New WhatsApp advisory (CVE-2025-55177) just came out. Amnesty International says they have been investigating cases...
Internal docs: Meta plans to use AI to automate up to 90% of its privacy and integrity risk assessments, including sensitive areas like AI safety and youth risk
For years, when Meta launched new features for Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, teams of reviewers evaluated possible risks: Could it violate users' privacy?
Internal docs show Meta plans to use AI to automate up to 90% of its privacy and integrity risk assessments, including in sensitive areas like violent content
For years, when Meta launched new features for Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, teams of reviewers evaluated possible risks: Could it violate users' privacy?
Distributed Denial of Secrets: the TeleMessage hacker stole messages from 60+ US government users covering about one day ending on May 4, including travel plans
A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier … Bluesky: @metacurity.com , @stokel , @zachsdorfman , and @micahflee.com Mastodon: @...