WhatsApp fixes ‘zero-click’ bug used to hack Apple users with spyware

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• PullPantsUnsworn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The number of times WhatsApp crashes in GrapheneOS is so high. GrapheneOS exposes all memory corruption bugs due to it’s hardened memory allocator and memory tagging features.

  No wonder WhatsApp is exploited just like that. I sometimes think if these bugs were built purposefully.

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  • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    With a Meta service it’s better to presume the worst than to give them the benefit of the doubt.

    …Although I also have crashing issues with Voyager on GrapheneOS, so it could just genuinely be programming errors.

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• thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Wait we’re pretending WhatsApp isn’t spyware now?

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  • embed_me@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    In India, they’re running literal ads on billboards and TV saying WhatsApp can’t read your messages

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      If I recall correctly, at least for non-group chats they do use end-to-end encryption. That being said, obviously there are some practical limitations on the impact if you think that WhatsApp would actively try to be malicious, since they’re also providing the client software and could hypothetically backdoor that.

      kagis

      According to this, they do use end-to-end encryption for group chats too.

      Maybe I’m recalling some other service or a default setting or something.

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