Telegram founder Pave Durov made a statement that everyone will talk about on the Telegram channel yesterday evening.
He cited a vulnerability that WhatsApp disclosed last week that allowed a hacker to hijack phones, send malicious videos to numbers.
According to the news in ShiftDelete.net; He stated that WhatsApp has been a surveillance tool for 13 years. Additionally, he said there is an issue in WhatsApp every year that puts users’ data at risk. He emphasized that users should use a different application for this.
“I’m not forcing people to switch to Telegram here. 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 want. But stay away from WhatsApp; it has been a surveillance tool for 13 years.”
Durov stated that due to the security issue that WhatsApp announced last week, hackers can gain full access to everything on users’ phones. He also stated that the latest version will not secure data either. He added that the same situation repeated in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Durov underlined that there was no end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp before 2016.
In addition to the vulnerabilities, Durov mentioned the feature that encourages users to store their conversations in the cloud. He also warned that even wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are not safe.
“Every year we hear about an issue on WhatsApp that puts everything on users’ devices at risk. This means that it is almost certain that a new vulnerability is already out there.”
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