Bug lets anyone bypass WhatsApp's 'View Once' privacy feature

[Nomen Nescio]

Once again Mark Fuckerberg screws over those using his crappy services.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/bug-lets-anyone-bypass-whatsapps-view-
once-privacy-feature/

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Post by Nomen Nescio
Once again Mark Fuckerberg screws over those using his crappy services.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/bug-lets-anyone-bypass-whatsapps-view-
once-privacy-feature/

(using Tor Browser 13.5.3)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/bug-lets-anyone-bypass-whatsapps-view-once-privacy-feature/

Post by Nomen Nescio
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.
...
"The only thing that is worse than no privacy, is a false sense
of privacy in which users are led to believe some forms of
communication are private when in fact they are not"

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it's a magic trick . . .