Re:There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor'
by danenania on Saturday January 14, 2017 @06:12AM
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Doing those sorts of things would leave a trail of evidence, though, since the attacks have to be included in public app store releases. A typical user might not be able to catch trojans in an obfuscated binary, but there are people who can, and the compromised client would be available to anyone who wanted to dig in.
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Your point being?
Yes, there would be a trace in the binary. Potentially detectable by maybe one person in a million. Is that supposed to keep WhatsApp from including malicious features? I do not think so.
What happens is: 1. researcher finds a malicious part in WhatsApp binary 2. WhatsApp declares it a bug and fixes with a new binary 3. we are back at square one