Whatsapp user’s IP disclosure with Link Preview feature

Re:Whatsapp user’s IP disclosure with Link Preview feature by fasj82 on Saturday April 28, 2018 @09:19AM (#16947509)

Maybe it's me, but this is really, really bad. Probably because I come from an IRC background.

I had assumed these request were proxified, but I didn't realise that would go against E2E. Now I'd like to see an option to disable these previews.

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Re:Whatsapp user’s IP disclosure with Link Preview feature by saurik on Saturday April 28, 2018 @05:03PM (#16949403)

The way Apple iMessages does this is to have the user opt-in to each preview (it shows a grey box with a button to build a preview).

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Re:Whatsapp user’s IP disclosure with Link Preview feature by arbie on Sunday April 29, 2018 @12:07AM (#16950656)

Not much different if users learn to always tap to generate the preview out of habit.

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Re:Whatsapp user’s IP disclosure with Link Preview feature by saagarjha on Monday April 30, 2018 @02:55AM (#16956367)

Yes, but you get the benefit of getting to see the domain before deciding whether you want to show a preview.

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Re:Whatsapp user’s IP disclosure with Link Preview feature by ryanlol on Saturday April 28, 2018 @12:28PM (#16948352)

You’d think that someone with an IRC background would expect this, rather than be shocked by it.

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Re:Whatsapp user’s IP disclosure with Link Preview feature by fasj82 on Saturday April 28, 2018 @01:38PM (#16948685)

I'm shocked that something this obvious has not been worked around.

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