WhatsApp Responds To Tech Consultant’s Discovery Of Security Loophole In Android App
WhatsApp, the cross-platform mobile messaging company acquired by Facebook in a $19 billion deal last month, attempted to quell fears over a security loophole in its Android application discovered by tech consultant Bas Bosschert, but Bosschert claimed that the loophole still exists despite the update to the Android app released earlier this week.
WhatsApp, the cross-platform mobile messaging company acquired by Facebook in a $19 billion deal last month, attempted to quell fears over a security loophole in its Android application discovered by tech consultant Bas Bosschert, but Bosschert claimed that the loophole still exists despite the update to the Android app released earlier this week.
TechCrunch reported on a blog post by Bosschert in which he illustrated how WhatsApp messages can be accessed via the microSD cards on Android devices if other apps are granted access to the microSD cards, detailing the coding that makes it possible.
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