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Re:NSO hacked WhatsApp to spy on top government officials at... by feelthepress on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:00PM (#21412368)
Earlier this month the DOJ asked Facebook to "halt end-to-end encryption" by adding a backdoor to all of Facebook's apps. Perhaps this is a reason.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/03/doj-facebook-end-to-end-...

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Re:NSO hacked WhatsApp to spy on top government officials at... by buboard on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:06PM (#21412434)
I m confused, the top government officials are the children or the predators?
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Re:NSO hacked WhatsApp to spy on top government officials at... by beagle3 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @07:21PM (#21414797)
The answer is yes.
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Re:NSO hacked WhatsApp to spy on top government officials at... by RaiseProfits on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:17PM (#21412546)
Why would facebook comply?
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Re:NSO hacked WhatsApp to spy on top government officials at... by tomcooks on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:45PM (#21412850)
Why wouldn't a company of that size comply?
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Re:NSO hacked WhatsApp to spy on top government officials at... by RaiseProfits on Friday November 01, 2019 @04:41AM (#21417090)
It’s an unnecessary cost and hurts whatever brand value remains.
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Re:NSO hacked WhatsApp to spy on top government officials at... by x220 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @04:54PM (#21413627)
Facebook is already given the NSA instant access to all their significant user data. Do you think they're doing that for free?
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