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it's digital independence day! get your relatives off whatsapp

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[โ€“] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 points 5 months ago

I wonder how many people are impacted. Honestly, I wouldn't have whitelisted Whatsapp files nor Tencent downloads for any sort of automated defences.

[โ€“] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago

So if you have whatsapp installed, you'll have at least 2 backdoors into your device.

Whatsapp its self and the other malware installed by the attacker