Telegram And Whatsappthe two largest messaging apps in the world, are attacking each other’s security vulnerabilities by addressing issues of personal data usage and surveillance tools.
Initially, Telegram founder Pavel Durov accused WhatsApp of being a surveillance tool for 13 years due to security issues that always exist every year and endanger user data.
“I’m not encouraging people to switch to Telegram. With over 700 million active users and over 2 million daily signups, Telegram doesn’t need any additional promotions. You can use any messaging app you like but stay away from WhatsApp now. is a surveillance tool for 13 years, “Durov tweeted on his Telegram channel, quoted by Business todaySaturday (8/10).
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It claimed that the hackers were able to have full access to all data stored on WhatsApp users’ phones due to a security issue revealed by the platform last week.
“All hackers have to do to take control of your phone is to send malicious videos or start video calls with you on WhatsApp,” Durov said.
In fact, he said, updating WhatsApp to the latest version would not make their data safe.
It revealed the WhatsApp security issues encountered in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. “Before 2016, WhatsApp had no encryption,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter if you are the richest person on Earth, if you install WhatsApp on your phone, you can access all the data from all the apps on your device, just as Jeff Bezos (head of Amazon) discovered in 2020,” he continued. Durov.
“That’s why I removed WhatsApp from my gadgets years ago. Installing it means creating a port for your phone,” he accused.
Every year, it becomes aware of several problems in WhatsApp that damage everything on its users’ devices.
“Which means it is almost certain that there are already new security loopholes. Problems like that are almost accidental: they are planted in the back doors. If one back door found and needs to be released, he added another one, “he explained.
WhatsApp fired its security consultant in September for later releasing a fix for a vulnerability that allowed hackers to install malware on someone’s device while they were making a video call.
Responding to Durov’s attack, WhatsApp leader Will Catchart responded to reveal Telegram’s weakness which, according to him, lacked end-to-end encryption.
“I will not use Telegram for personal purposes. Unlike WhatsApp, Telegram doesn’t have default end-to-end encryption and there’s no way to enable it for groups. This means that Telegram has a copy of your message and this worries me“, he tweeted.
Catchart also described Durov’s attack as “misinformation”.
“I also don’t believe for a second that Pavel made these accusations without any intention of expanding his question. It is very sad to see Telegram trying to use disinformation as a tactic to increase its own growth“He explained.
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