> Boelter reported the backdoor vulnerability to Facebook in April 2016, but was told that Facebook was aware of the issue, that it was “expected behaviour” and wasn’t being actively worked on. The Guardian has verified the backdoor still exists.
This is really damning on the part of Facebook and WhatsApp! How could they just brush this off as "expected behavior" and wasn't being actively worked on? I guess their priorities are where a social media company like Facebook would have them be - make more avenues to monetize the usage.
The initial response from the WhatsApp spokesperson is just PR speak, and really terrible for a response (until the direct question came up and another statement was issued).
It's sad that Signal and Open Whisper Systems are being dragged in here, because many people may just look at the headline, probably skim the beginning of the article a little bit and assume that the OWS implementation is the culprit or that OWS is somehow complicit in this.
This is really damning on the part of Facebook and WhatsApp! How could they just brush this off as "expected behavior" and wasn't being actively worked on? I guess their priorities are where a social media company like Facebook would have them be - make more avenues to monetize the usage.
The initial response from the WhatsApp spokesperson is just PR speak, and really terrible for a response (until the direct question came up and another statement was issued).
It's sad that Signal and Open Whisper Systems are being dragged in here, because many people may just look at the headline, probably skim the beginning of the article a little bit and assume that the OWS implementation is the culprit or that OWS is somehow complicit in this.