WhatsApp chatbot was told not to recommend privacy regulators
Redact found the hidden text on October 8 across 80 help pages, including account-deletion guidance.
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5 articles · newest firstFrom Specs to Apps: Verifying and Monitoring Models of Signal and WhatsApp
Researchers use the SpecMon runtime monitor to verify WhatsApp Web and Signal Desktop against formal Signal protocol models, finding undocumented libsignal fork differences.
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WhatsApp Testing Guest Calls for People Without a WhatsApp Account
WhatsApp is developing browser-based guest calls allowing non-account holders to join end-to-end encrypted calls via shared links with mandatory host approval.
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WhatsApp Adds Stronger Security as Passkeys Hit 1 Billion
WhatsApp says 1 billion users now use passkeys, as it upgrades two-step verification to full passwords and adds context for calls from unknown numbers.
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WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys for Phishing-Resistant Sign
Meta now allows multiple passkeys per WhatsApp account and upgraded two-step verification to full passwords, hardening sign-in for more than 1 billion users.
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