That's right, WhatsApp, the communication application with the largest number of users, is in the spotlight after finding a new one vulnerability that would open the way to third parties in our private conversations, to which is added to the already known in the deletion of messages.
The discoverer of this vulnerability has been the software engineer, Rob heaton, he used only four lines of Javascript code by extension in Google Chrome.
Vulnerability in WhatsApp
As we well know, when some contact or we ourselves are connected, the message «online«. Apparently, every time we leave (disconnect) and re-enter (connect) to read or reply to a message, it is recorded and this is what has been used to spy on conversations from other persons.
This process in which we control the moments in which users connect and disconnect from the application is allowing, with the necessary knowledge, to delve into their privacy and, of course, ourselves. In particular, those moments that elapse from when we go to bed until we wake up the next day are the most "attractive" for these bullies.
No matter how much is said and assured, the possibility of being in the sight of anyone, so we recommend that they never be kept intimate conversations or with really sensitive data, since in case of being spied on, we would be facilitating very dangerous information in the hands of people outside the conversation.
This vulnerability is really worrisome, taking into account in the first place the Users quantity that it has and secondly, because just a year ago, the same weakness occurred with the chat of Facebook Messenger. Two of the applications that move the most users are those that are in the crosshairs of stalkers or simply people who can cause us great problems.
That is why more and more users are opting for leave WhatsApp y use Telegram for your conversations, since this is a messaging application really similar to the previous one mentioned but has a great security and privacy in our conversations.
Holy mother, I read and read and I can't find that fault .. how badly they got up to write this