Re:Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'
by Scapeghost on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @05:43AM
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> WhatsApp's vulnerabilities are intentionally created as part of surveillance programs with government agencies.
This has been obvious in places like the United Arab Emirates (aka Dubai) where services like FaceTime etc. (sometimes even voice chat in games) are blocked by the government but they allow WhatsApp (but not WhatsApp voice calls).
Re:Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'
by ryanlol on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @06:21AM
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Not really, Dubai blocks VOIP because phone carriers lobbied for that. This has the added benefit of forcing people to make insecure, easy to intercept, regular phone calls.
This has been obvious in places like the United Arab Emirates (aka Dubai) where services like FaceTime etc. (sometimes even voice chat in games) are blocked by the government but they allow WhatsApp (but not WhatsApp voice calls).