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Re:Hackers Claim They Can Read Encrypted WhatsApp and Snapch... by AliAdams on Sunday May 15, 2016 @02:26AM (#11699760)
If I'm reading this correctly, a keylogger or screen reader on each device would achieve the same result which wouldn't be as much 'reading encrypted messages' as it would be 'reading unencrypted information on a compromised device'.
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Re:Hackers Claim They Can Read Encrypted WhatsApp and Snapch... by onion2k on Sunday May 15, 2016 @02:31AM (#11699774)
Or the app that gets installed manages to access WhatsApp's and Snapchat's private keys on the device. Or compromises a system library that those apps use to generate the user's keys when they're installed. They would be more interesting attacks.
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