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evacide
evacide
@evacide@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

The same week that Meta was sued over claims that employees can access WhatsApp chat messages, WhatsApp rolls out a stricter security setting meant to protect users from government surveillance malware.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/whatsapp-is-rolling-out-a-new-stricter-security-setting-to-protect-users-from-cyber-attacts/

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WhatsApp is rolling out a new stricter security setting to protect users from cyber attacts | TechCrunch

Days after Meta was sued over alleged false privacy claims surrounding its chat app WhatsApp, the company has rolled out a new setting to protect users
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Okuna
Okuna
@Okuna@social.tchncs.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@evacide as I read it, it is meta data and not content they have access to.

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Cassandrich
Cassandrich
@dalias@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@evacide Is there any merit to the claim? An alleged mechanism by which they read messages?

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H. T.
H. T.
@Olkiuhsenn@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

@evacide Probably fake. Use to fool the rest of us. Haha

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noivad
noivad
@noivad@techhub.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

@evacide Someone was paid to write this headline?

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mORA
mORA
@mora@mastodon.uno replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

@evacide Employees is the new government surveillance malware.

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Dave Wilburn :donor:
Dave Wilburn :donor:
@DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

@evacide

"Is my WhatsApp security advice a valid form of harm reduction for at-risk communities, or am I just lulling new victims into a false sense of security?" sure is a wonderful feeling to agonize over.

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Gabriel N
Gabriel N
@wtrmt@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

@evacide where do the ends of _end to end encryption_ start?

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