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WhatsApp Flaw Could Allow 'Potential Attackers' to Spy On Encrypted Group Chats
2018-01-10 20:03

A more dramatic revelation of 2018—an outsider can secretly eavesdrop on your private end-to-end encrypted group chats on WhatsApp and Signal messaging apps. Considering protection against three types of attackers—malicious user, network attacker, and malicious server—an end-to-end encryption protocol plays a vital role in securing instant messaging services. The primary purpose of having


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