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SubtleBlade ⚔️ @[email protected] · 2024-09-10 · 11:00 UTC

#WhatsApp '#ViewOnce' could be 'View Whenever' due to a flaw • The Register -

A popular privacy feature in WhatsApp is "completely broken and can be trivially bypassed," according to developers at cryptowallet startup #Zengo.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/09/whatsapp_view_once_flaw/
#Meta

#meta #zengo #viewonce #whatsapp

SubtleBlade ⚔️ @[email protected] · 2024-09-10 · 11:00 UTC

#WhatsApp '#ViewOnce' could be 'View Whenever' due to a flaw • The Register -

A popular privacy feature in WhatsApp is "completely broken and can be trivially bypassed," according to developers at cryptowallet startup #Zengo.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/09/whatsapp_view_once_flaw/
#Meta

#meta #zengo #viewonce #whatsapp

SubtleBlade ⚔️ @[email protected] · 2024-09-10 · 11:00 UTC

#WhatsApp '#ViewOnce' could be 'View Whenever' due to a flaw • The Register -

A popular privacy feature in WhatsApp is "completely broken and can be trivially bypassed," according to developers at cryptowallet startup #Zengo.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/09/whatsapp_view_once_flaw/
#Meta

#whatsapp #viewonce #zengo #meta

SubtleBlade ⚔️ @[email protected] · 2024-09-10 · 11:00 UTC

#WhatsApp '#ViewOnce' could be 'View Whenever' due to a flaw • The Register -

A popular privacy feature in WhatsApp is "completely broken and can be trivially bypassed," according to developers at cryptowallet startup #Zengo.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/09/whatsapp_view_once_flaw/
#Meta

#meta #zengo #viewonce #whatsapp

Miguel Afonso Caetano @[email protected] · 2024-09-10 · 10:12 UTC

#CyberSecurity #WhatsApp #Privacy #ViewOnce: "Tal Be’ery, a security researcher who has been researching WhatsApp privacy issues for several months, recently discovered the bug. On Monday, Be’ery published a blog post detailing his findings.

Be’ery provided TechCrunch with a live demo of the bug last week, in which he showed he was able to capture and save a copy of a picture that TechCrunch sent as “View Once,” while he was using WhatsApp on the web.

“The only thing that is worse than no privacy, is a false sense of privacy in which users are led to believe some forms of communication are private when in fact they are not,” said Be’ery, who is the CTO and co-founder of crypto wallet Zengo, in his blog post. “Currently, WhatsApp’s ‘View Once’ is a blunt form of false privacy and should either be thoroughly fixed or abandoned,” wrote Be’ery."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/bug-lets-anyone-bypass-whatsapps-view-once-privacy-feature/

#cybersecurity #whatsapp #privacy #viewonce

Miguel Afonso Caetano @[email protected] · 2024-09-10 · 10:12 UTC

#CyberSecurity #WhatsApp #Privacy #ViewOnce: "Tal Be’ery, a security researcher who has been researching WhatsApp privacy issues for several months, recently discovered the bug. On Monday, Be’ery published a blog post detailing his findings.

Be’ery provided TechCrunch with a live demo of the bug last week, in which he showed he was able to capture and save a copy of a picture that TechCrunch sent as “View Once,” while he was using WhatsApp on the web.

“The only thing that is worse than no privacy, is a false sense of privacy in which users are led to believe some forms of communication are private when in fact they are not,” said Be’ery, who is the CTO and co-founder of crypto wallet Zengo, in his blog post. “Currently, WhatsApp’s ‘View Once’ is a blunt form of false privacy and should either be thoroughly fixed or abandoned,” wrote Be’ery."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/bug-lets-anyone-bypass-whatsapps-view-once-privacy-feature/

#cybersecurity #whatsapp #privacy #viewonce

Miguel Afonso Caetano @[email protected] · 2024-09-10 · 10:12 UTC

#CyberSecurity #WhatsApp #Privacy #ViewOnce: "Tal Be’ery, a security researcher who has been researching WhatsApp privacy issues for several months, recently discovered the bug. On Monday, Be’ery published a blog post detailing his findings.

Be’ery provided TechCrunch with a live demo of the bug last week, in which he showed he was able to capture and save a copy of a picture that TechCrunch sent as “View Once,” while he was using WhatsApp on the web.

“The only thing that is worse than no privacy, is a false sense of privacy in which users are led to believe some forms of communication are private when in fact they are not,” said Be’ery, who is the CTO and co-founder of crypto wallet Zengo, in his blog post. “Currently, WhatsApp’s ‘View Once’ is a blunt form of false privacy and should either be thoroughly fixed or abandoned,” wrote Be’ery."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/bug-lets-anyone-bypass-whatsapps-view-once-privacy-feature/

#cybersecurity #whatsapp #privacy #viewonce

Miguel Afonso Caetano @[email protected] · 2024-09-10 · 10:12 UTC

#CyberSecurity #WhatsApp #Privacy #ViewOnce: "Tal Be’ery, a security researcher who has been researching WhatsApp privacy issues for several months, recently discovered the bug. On Monday, Be’ery published a blog post detailing his findings.

Be’ery provided TechCrunch with a live demo of the bug last week, in which he showed he was able to capture and save a copy of a picture that TechCrunch sent as “View Once,” while he was using WhatsApp on the web.

“The only thing that is worse than no privacy, is a false sense of privacy in which users are led to believe some forms of communication are private when in fact they are not,” said Be’ery, who is the CTO and co-founder of crypto wallet Zengo, in his blog post. “Currently, WhatsApp’s ‘View Once’ is a blunt form of false privacy and should either be thoroughly fixed or abandoned,” wrote Be’ery."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/bug-lets-anyone-bypass-whatsapps-view-once-privacy-feature/

#viewonce #privacy #whatsapp #cybersecurity

Miguel Afonso Caetano @[email protected] · 2024-09-10 · 10:12 UTC

#CyberSecurity #WhatsApp #Privacy #ViewOnce: "Tal Be’ery, a security researcher who has been researching WhatsApp privacy issues for several months, recently discovered the bug. On Monday, Be’ery published a blog post detailing his findings.

Be’ery provided TechCrunch with a live demo of the bug last week, in which he showed he was able to capture and save a copy of a picture that TechCrunch sent as “View Once,” while he was using WhatsApp on the web.

“The only thing that is worse than no privacy, is a false sense of privacy in which users are led to believe some forms of communication are private when in fact they are not,” said Be’ery, who is the CTO and co-founder of crypto wallet Zengo, in his blog post. “Currently, WhatsApp’s ‘View Once’ is a blunt form of false privacy and should either be thoroughly fixed or abandoned,” wrote Be’ery."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/bug-lets-anyone-bypass-whatsapps-view-once-privacy-feature/

#cybersecurity #whatsapp #privacy #viewonce

Wuzzy @[email protected] · 2024-01-27 · 13:20 UTC

I just learned of the biggest #bullshit feature I heard of: "view once" images in #WhatsApp. The idea is that if you send an image and select the "view once" option, the receiver may only "view it once". After that, it's deleted. And they claim it "prevents screenshots". How? I have no idea.

It doesn't matter because the whole concept is bullshit, of course.

1/4

#media #privacy #IT #ViewOnce #proprietary

#bullshit #whatsapp #media #privacy #it #viewonce

Wuzzy @[email protected] · 2024-01-27 · 13:20 UTC

I just learned of the biggest #bullshit feature I heard of: "view once" images in #WhatsApp. The idea is that if you send an image and select the "view once" option, the receiver may only "view it once". After that, it's deleted. And they claim it "prevents screenshots". How? I have no idea.

It doesn't matter because the whole concept is bullshit, of course.

1/4

#media #privacy #IT #ViewOnce #proprietary

#bullshit #whatsapp #media #privacy #it #viewonce

Wuzzy @[email protected] · 2024-01-27 · 13:20 UTC

I just learned of the biggest #bullshit feature I heard of: "view once" images in #WhatsApp. The idea is that if you send an image and select the "view once" option, the receiver may only "view it once". After that, it's deleted. And they claim it "prevents screenshots". How? I have no idea.

It doesn't matter because the whole concept is bullshit, of course.

1/4

#media #privacy #IT #ViewOnce #proprietary

#bullshit #whatsapp #media #privacy #it #viewonce

Wuzzy @[email protected] · 2024-01-27 · 13:20 UTC

I just learned of the biggest #bullshit feature I heard of: "view once" images in #WhatsApp. The idea is that if you send an image and select the "view once" option, the receiver may only "view it once". After that, it's deleted. And they claim it "prevents screenshots". How? I have no idea.

It doesn't matter because the whole concept is bullshit, of course.

1/4

#media #privacy #IT #ViewOnce #proprietary

#proprietary #viewonce #it #privacy #media #whatsapp

Wuzzy @[email protected] · 2024-01-27 · 13:20 UTC

I just learned of the biggest #bullshit feature I heard of: "view once" images in #WhatsApp. The idea is that if you send an image and select the "view once" option, the receiver may only "view it once". After that, it's deleted. And they claim it "prevents screenshots". How? I have no idea.

It doesn't matter because the whole concept is bullshit, of course.

1/4

#media #privacy #IT #ViewOnce #proprietary