Israeli Firm Selling Spy Tech Capable of Hacking WhatsApp Encrypted Chats

Israeli Firm Selling Spy Tech Capable of Hacking WhatsApp Encrypted Chats

An Israeli company is marketing what appears to be an astonishing surveillance capability, claiming it can siphon off all WhatsApp chats, including encrypted communications, from phones within close proximity of a hidden Wi-Fi hacking device in a backpack. Brochures leaked to FORBES, and published below, revealed a non-public offering from Haifa-based Wintego called CatchApp. It promises an “unprecedented capability” to break through…

What Facebook and WhatsApp’s Data Sharing Plans Really Mean for User Privacy

What Facebook and WhatsApp’s Data Sharing Plans Really Mean for User Privacy

WhatsApp is establishing data-sharing practices that signal a significant shift in its attitude toward privacy—though you wouldn’t know it from the privacy policy update that popped up on users’ screens last week. The new policy lays the groundwork for alarming data sharing between WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook.

Betrayal of trust? WhatsApp to start sharing user data with Facebook, corporations

Betrayal of trust? WhatsApp to start sharing user data with Facebook, corporations

The world’s most popular messenger, the Facebook-owned WhatsApp, will give its users’ personal information to its parent company and plans to make it easier for businesses to contact subscribers. WhatsApp claims the changes won’t endanger privacy. WhatsApp, which is used by over 1 billion people each month, published a statement as part of a revision…