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[โ€“] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

For anyone not reading between the lines, the US, Israeli, and a bunch of other governments are paying for software that can spy on your WhatsApp messages through a client side malware attack directly against the app.

The most surprising part, to me, is that this is evidence that WhatsApp may actually have unbroken end to end encryption (which I think they've claimed for awhile, but I didn't believe them.)

Edit: But then, this is mostly based on statements released by Meta, so maybe I'm just a sucker for believing them when they say it differently.

[โ€“] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

Noo way, governments trying to increase surveillance of their citizens more? Impossible. Clearly all the governments involved care about our best interests.