Hacker News with Generative AI: WhatsApp

US judge finds Pegasus spyware maker liable over WhatsApp hack (theguardian.com)
WhatsApp celebrates victory as judge finds Israeli company NSO Group violated state and federal US hacking laws

Cybersecurity, Lawsuits, Surveillance, Israel, WhatsApp

10 points by bookofjoe 38 days ago | 1 comments

How to Bypass WhatsApp Web's Locked Chat Feature (lcat.dev)
I discovered that WhatsApp's feature to lock/hide chats is quite secure -> the key or secret code is not easily recoverable as it is encrypted. But, **the chats are actually not encrypted with the secret code**. That means, the secret code feature is just a front-end security control mechanism that can easily be bypassed.

Security, WhatsApp, Web Development, Privacy

75 points by loncat4215 53 days ago | 33 comments

NSO's attacks against WhatsApp users unsealed (techcrunch.com)
On Thursday, WhatsApp scored a legal victory by convincing a U.S. federal judge to publicly release three court documents that include new revelations about the inner workings of Pegasus, the spyware made by Israeli surveillance tech maker NSO Group.

Cybersecurity, Lawsuits, Surveillance, Israel, WhatsApp

20 points by miohtama 74 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: A journaling service that runs over WhatsApp (todayhasbeen.com)

Journaling, WhatsApp, Web Services

126 points by rahulg 127 days ago | 99 comments

Update on Native Matrix Interoperability with WhatsApp (matrix.org)
Back at FOSDEM in February we showed off how Matrix could be used for E2EE-preserving messaging interoperability as required by the Digital Markets Act messaging interoperability - and we announced that Element had been working with Meta on integrating with its DMA APIs in order to connect WhatsApp to Matrix.

Messaging Interoperability, WhatsApp, Matrix, Open Source

65 points by Arathorn 134 days ago | 9 comments

Bug lets anyone bypass WhatsApp's 'View Once' privacy feature (techcrunch.com)
WhatsApp, the most popular end-to-end encrypted messaging app in the world with more than two billion users, allows users to exchange pictures and videos that disappear soon after opening.

WhatsApp, Security, Privacy, Messaging Apps

5 points by yarapavan 141 days ago | 0 comments

Meta will let third-party apps place calls to WhatsApp and Messenger users (techcrunch.com)

Meta, WhatsApp, Messenger, Messaging, Social Media

71 points by mrkramer 144 days ago | 24 comments

ZeroMsg – The Ultimate WhatsApp Messaging Solution (zeromsg.com)

Messaging, WhatsApp, Software

4 points by megoxv 208 days ago | 1 comments

WhatsApp Android beta reveals Llama 3 405B option (wabetainfo.com)

WhatsApp, Android, Generative AI

18 points by virgildotcodes 212 days ago | 5 comments

WhatsApp gives India an ultimatum on encryption (restofworld.org)