More than a month after being reported, this mystery has finally been solved.
So who is the culprit: WhatsApp or Google?
This bug allows WhatsApp to listen to you without your knowledge
Last month, a certain Fouad Dabiri, an engineer at Twitter, reported an astonishing problem on the platform. In the middle of the night, and while he was not using his smartphone, the WhatsApp application took the opportunity to activate the microphone of his device, seriously questioning the rules of confidentiality. The official WhatsApp account then quickly reacted by suggesting that it was an Android bug ” who incorrectly assigns information in their privacy dashboard “.
Fortunately, this problem only seemed to concern a tiny fraction of Android users. However, it will still take more than a month to get an official response from Google.
WhatsApp listening to you? Google pleads guilty
You will understand, no, WhatsApp does not spy on you. This is indeed a nasty bug that displayed incorrect information in the dashboard, as reported by us 9to5Google. The Mountain View company, supported by Meta, has therefore just solved the problem by offering an update and apologizing, in passing, for the inconvenience caused: “ We thank WhatsApp for their partnership, and we apologize for any confusion this bug may have caused to users. »
To make this matter ancient history, all you need to do is update to the latest version of WhatsApp on Android. Remember also that good old Elon Musk had not failed to react on Twitter by expressing oh how the instant messaging application was not trustworthy (there is not one missing, that one). If it is true that the confidentiality of our applications sometimes (often?) leaves something to be desired, it must be recognized that, in this case, WhatsApp did not seek to listen to you without your knowledge. Phew…
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It’s simple, WhatsApp is a fantastic instant messaging application that also offers basic voice and video calls. The less demanding will find their account, the others much less with the impoverished desktop version and the limit of group calls to eight participants.
It’s simple, WhatsApp is a fantastic instant messaging application that also offers basic voice and video calls. The less demanding will find their account, the others much less with the impoverished desktop version and the limit of group calls to eight participants.
Source : 9to5Google
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