Whatsapp and Iphone are clearly leaders in cyber security

[Provience]

or maybe not

The crime ring used various Chinese banks for the operations, including the Bank of China, according to WhatsApp messages exchanged between Gan and Pan Haiping. The messages were extracted from Gan’s iPhone by Homeland Security Investigations agents after his arrest, and key excerpts were read out aloud by prosecutors at trial, according to court transcripts.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...report-idUSKBN28D1M4?utm_source=pocket-newtab

DHS be all up in your shit, might as well just use plain text

 

[JeffsJeep04]

I think any semblance of security that WhatsApp had went right out the window when they were acquired by Facebook.

 

[Cod]

Cyber Security... that's funny

 

[RusM]

Is sending a picture with words embedded in it any more secure than just plain text? Asking for a friend

 

[87manche]

or maybe not



https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...report-idUSKBN28D1M4?utm_source=pocket-newtab

DHS be all up in your shit, might as well just use plain text

but it says right there that the messages were taken from the device.

that doesn't mean the API doesn't work to securely transmit them from device to device, it means his device security sucked balls.

oh, and signal FTW.