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A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers


Researchers at the University of Vienna extracted phone numbers for 3.5 billion WhatsApp users by systematically checking every possible number through the messaging service's contact discovery feature. The technique yielded profile photos for 57% of those accounts and profile text for 29 percent. T...

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