WhatsApp Flaw Opens Database Doors to Hackers

Posted by Ridcully on Mar 13, 2014 12:21 AM EDT
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An Android developer's disclosure that it's possible to hack into the WhatsApp database and read the text of the chats from another application could be a big headache for Facebook, which has agreed to purchase the app for $19 billion. "This is not a bug, but a design decision of WhatsApp," said Bas Bosschert, chief technology officer of Double Think.

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