The point of the article is that there are no exploits and those apps aren't mentioned by the leaked data. The leaked data merely says that if you gain full acc

The point of the article is that there are no exploits and those apps aren't mentioned by the leaked data. The leaked data merely says that if you gain full access to someone's phone then you can see what the user sees, which would include their Whatsapp and Signal messages. > in my experience journalists have the incentive to just pick the headline that is the most sensational rather than the most informative. Considering what the article actually says, it seems this author and publication didn't do that.