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on Tuesday April 05 2016, @11:17PM
from the what-about-beginning-to-beginning dept.
from the what-about-beginning-to-beginning dept.
The title pretty much says it all. According to the report:
the service will encrypt all messages, phone calls, photos, and videos moving among [the devices].
Moxie Marlinspike is involved, so they have a chance of getting it right, and no one, even WhatsApp, will be able to know what you”re saying, texting, viewing, &c. (Unless, of course, your widget is running malware, or the opposition can get their mitts on it.)-: They claim this is available on nearly a billion devices—this is a really big deal.
takyon: Alternate links with no Wired paywall: TechCrunch, Washington Post, CNET, Reuters.
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday April 06 2016, @05:10AM
There is another hole to consider.
Both Apple and Google have backup of settings you've made on your device. Maybe Windows phone too for all I know.
They back up various app data. https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2819582?hl=en [google.com]
So if someone could get to your google account, they could attempt to get at that data, and probably get keys to a lot of castles.
I've had one app issue an update just to turn off backup of its settings as that google backup represented a security risk.
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