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IT-Security Researchers from the University of Vienna and SBA Research identified and responsibly disclosed a large-scale privacy weakness in WhatsApp's contact discovery mechanism that allowed the enumeration of 3.5 billion accounts. In collaboration with the researchers, Meta has since addressed and mitigated the issue. The study underscores the importance of continuous, independent security research on widely used communication platforms and highlights the risks associated with the centralization of instant messaging services. The preprint of the study has now been published, and the results will be presented in 2026 at the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium.

IT-Security Researchers from the University of Vienna and SBA Research identified and responsibly disclosed a large-scale privacy weakness in WhatsApp's contact discovery mechanism that allowed the enumeration of 3.5 billion accounts. In collaboration with the researchers, Meta has since addressed and mitigated the issue. The study underscores the importance of continuous, independent security research on widely used communication platforms and highlights the risks associated with the centralization of instant messaging services. The preprint of the study has now been published, and the results will be presented in 2026 at the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium.

Nobody wants to work in these situations”: A decade of exploitation on the Riyadh Metro project

Migrant workers who travelled to Saudi Arabia to work on the Riyadh Metro project were forced to pay exorbitant recruitment fees, worked in dangerous heat and earned pitiful wages during a decade of serious abuse, Amnesty International revealed in a new report today.

I want to try Lemmy, but most of the stuff I see are reposts or memes I had seen before on Reddit.

Anything attractive here?

I want to try Lemmy, but most of the stuff I see are reposts or memes I had seen before on Reddit.

Anything attractive here?

In a bold reimagining of diplomatic etiquette, President Donald Trump has advised journalists to show “basic manners” by refraining from bringing up any murders his distinguished guests may or may not have ordered, approved, supervised, subcontracted, or accidentally stumbled into on a quiet Tuesday afternoon.