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Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages by ycmbntrthrwaway on Friday January 13, 2017 @04:38PM (#13394927)
New encryption (public) key is selected by the attacker, so he knows the decryption (private) key. Basically attacker just puts real device offline and registers his own device.
Re:WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages by Jarwain on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @04:38AM (#13469968)
Wouldn't the attacker need to be authenticated as the user of the real device for this to work?