Flawed reporting about WhatsApp

Re:Flawed reporting about WhatsApp by marcosdumay on Friday June 30, 2017 @11:24AM (#14671302)

> Your claim was not that Google or Apple can update their software at will, it was specifically that Google or Apple can read existing WhatsApp messages that have been already sent (particularly ones that utilize e2e).

Yes, being able to update their software at will enables them to read messages that have been already sent, even with e2e encryption.

> Further, there is the implication in your comment that Android and iOS are less secure than some other format (assumedly a linux or bsd variant desktop OS) for secure messaging.

Endpoint security is a can of worms. There is no simple conclusion to be taken from my comment, except for the literal meaning.

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Re:Flawed reporting about WhatsApp by kasey_junk on Friday June 30, 2017 @01:41PM (#14672353)

If you are implying that any system with auto updates could swap in malicious software I'll buy that. But you pointed out iOS and Android specifically. Most (all?) OS have auto update features and by enabling them you open yourself up to this vector.

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Re:Flawed reporting about WhatsApp by marcosdumay on Friday June 30, 2017 @06:22PM (#14673919)

We were talking about WhatsApp. It runs mostly on iOS and Android.

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