Months ago, "Facebook" greatly advertised the app "WhatsApp", purchased earlier by Mark Zukerberg company was the safest in the world and can not be tapped or spied in any way.
But it seems that this was simply advertising as experts have discovered and confirmed that "whatsapp" has a serious breakdown in security, which enables third parties to read encrypted messages.
The discovery was made at the beginning of Tobias Boelter, an expert in cryptography and security at the University of California in April 2016, and although he informed the "Facebook" for this, various media, among which "the Guardian" confirm that the fault is still present.
"Facebook" and "whatsapp" messages claim that security is so high that neither they themselves can not see them, but only the sender and receiver. It was sold as a great achievement, because even if governments seek "Facebook" access to "WhatsApp" to various investigations, the company said that it was impossible, something that apparently is not true.
Technically, when someone sends a message to "WhatsApp", its contents are encoded very strongly with more digits codes that change every time and only the recipient can read it. But "whatsapp" has the ability to force the program to re code and resubmit them messages, especially when the receiver is "offline" during re sending, a third party can dictate and read.
Ever recipient does not understand this, that the message was forwarded, and the sender is notified if chose the right option in the menu and only when messages are resent.
According to activists, this defect, perhaps intentional, is a serious threat to privacy. Moreover sends a message that even where guaranteed security and privacy and that do not exist in the world of technology, nothing can remain secret.
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