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A comment on Pavel Durov: "You'd have to be braindead to believe WhatsApp is secure in 2026".

Re:Pavel Durov: "You'd have to be braindead to believe Whats... by 0xy on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @05:27AM (#46778042)
WhatsApp by default exports your private key to Google Drive. If you have not done this, probably your conversation partner did.

If neither of you have done this, don't worry the client side code is so sloppy there will be a zero click RCE that can steal all your chats anyway.

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Re:Pavel Durov: "You'd have to be braindead to believe Whats... by phyrex on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @05:36AM (#46778144)
Wow, good for you, you can make A LOT of money!! https://bugbounty.meta.com/
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Re:Pavel Durov: "You'd have to be braindead to believe Whats... by 0xy on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @06:57AM (#46778819)
You can make 10x this amount by handing the exploit to brokers.
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Re:Pavel Durov: "You'd have to be braindead to believe Whats... by ThePowerOfFuet on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @06:37AM (#46794055)
Interesting how exploits already got weaponized instead of being reported to Meta...
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