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Three billion WhatsApp users are at risk - an expert has developed a tool that could spy on everyone, and you would never know about it

Hacker.
  • Attackers can monitor phones silently using only the victim’s phone number
  • Probing significantly increases battery drain during continuous delivery receipt exploitation
  • Continuous tracking consumes mobile data and interferes with heavy applications

Security researchers have disclosed a tracking technique dubbed “Silent Whisper” that exploits how popular messaging apps handle delivery acknowledgments.

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