Meta fixes easily bypassed WhatsApp ‘View Once’ privacy feature

Meta fixes easily bypassed WhatsApp ‘View Once’ privacy feature

A privacy flaw in WhatsApp, an instant messenger with over 2 billion users worldwide, is being exploited by attackers to bypass the app's "View once" feature and view messages again. [...]

Whatsapp View Once Privacy Feature Under Risk!

Whatsapp initiated its view-once feature back in 2021 allowing people to send videos, pictures, and voice notes to be only seen one time. The feature is so advanced in protecting user privacy that a screenshot nor a screen recording will work to save the media file. However, Tal Beery, a security researcher working on the Whatsapp privacy issues found a bug that allows users to save and capture a copy of the picture which is sent through the vie…

Experts demonstrated how to bypass WhatsApp View Once feature

Users are exploiting a privacy flaw in WhatsApp to bypass the app’s “View once” feature, allowing them to re-view messages. The ‘View Once‘ feature in WhatsApp allows users to send photos, videos, and voice messages that can only be viewed once by the recipient. Recipients cannot forward, share, or copy the “View Once” media, and […] This article has been indexed from Security Affairs Read the original article: Experts demonstrated how to …