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Nitasha Tiku

03/11/14 12:49PM

Filed to: WhatsApp

Bas Bosschert, the CTO of Double Think, claims that hackers can access your WhatsApp database using any Android app, even after today's update. "Facebook didn't need to buy WhatsApp to read your chats," he concludes.

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Dr. Mario Nitasha Tiku 03/11/14 01:01PM

This is more a failure Android's permissions system than it is WhatsApp's.

jay_benton Dr. Mario 03/11/14 01:51PM

Why can't it be both?

overlight Dr. Mario 03/11/14 03:25PM

How?

Granddad, the Arbiter of Bitter Dr. Mario 03/11/14 06:02PM

Yeah, explain.