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Whatsapp is not something you can compile or inspect easily. They own the endpoint, in that specific meaning. They may not have root access on the device, but i
by xorcist 2y ago
Whatsapp is not something you can compile or inspect easily. They own the endpoint, in that specific meaning. They may not have root access on the device, but inside the client nothing is out of scope.
It is their client. Any data you enter into the client is data they 0wn.
- sunshowers 2y agoYou can definitely decompile WhatsApp on Android to inspect it. I'm sure security researchers do this regularly, including those looking for a bug bounty that could be life-changing.
- xorcist 2y agoYou can always inspect what you are running right now. Again, they literally own the software. They could augment it at runtime, or do whatever else they desire. You have to trust them that they don't copy your data. How the transport protocol works is completely beside the point. Security researchers analyze software in order to third party attack vectors. They do not analyze first or second party attack vectors, because that would be silly. There's simply too many of them.