German police can access any WhatsApp message without any malware
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German police can access any WhatsApp message without any malware
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Re: German police can access any WhatsApp message without any malware
#2https://www.heise.de/news/BKA-nutzt-WhatsApp-Webfunktion-zum... (German) says they had physical access to the device and likely simply logged in to WhatsApp web in a browser. There's an always active notification indicating your account is used on the web but apparently that's easily circumvented by disabling a notification category, leaving the suspect to specifically go somewhere in the app to notice.
Re: German police can access any WhatsApp message without any malware
#3The websites keep talking about a "method" that the Germany police agency used to track chats on Whatsapp in real-time but is too much work to implement for every suspect. The agency did not comment on it.
Why do I have a feeling that they just used the unlocked mobile device of the user, logged into the user's WhatsApp web mirror and disabled the "Whatsapp web is active" notification allowing them to track the activity in real-time? Given that the user was already a suspect becuase of close links to a prvious terrorist.
Re: German police can access any WhatsApp message without any malware
#4https://www.heise.de/news/BKA-nutzt-WhatsApp-Webfunktion-zum... (German) says they had physical access to the device and likely simply logged in to WhatsApp web in a browser. There's an always active notification indicating your account is used on the web but apparently that's easily circumvented by disabling a notification category, leaving the suspect to specifically go somewhere in the app to notice.
If this is true, shouldn’t the title be changed to, “German police log in to WhatsApp web using targets phone”, removing the clickbait and therefore anything of note about this story?
Re: German police can access any WhatsApp message without any malware
#5I’m tired to read this. In the original news it is stated that they basically scan the QR code to access the messages via WhatsApp web. It’s not like it’s some kind of magical backdrop. You can see and manage the web access in your WhatsApp application in your phone and delete access.
Re: German police can access any WhatsApp message without any malware
#6The websites keep talking about a "method" that the Germany police agency used to track chats on Whatsapp in real-time but is too much work to implement for every suspect. The agency did not comment on it. Why do I have a feeling that they just used the unlocked mobile device of the user, logged into the user's WhatsApp web mirror and disabled the "Whatsapp web is active" notification allowing them to track the activ…
> disabled the "Whatsapp web is active" notification allowing them to track the activity in real-time
What kind of notification is that and where is it configured? I can't seem to find it on Android, iOS, or web.
Re: German police can access any WhatsApp message without any malware
#7The websites keep talking about a "method" that the Germany police agency used to track chats on Whatsapp in real-time but is too much work to implement for every suspect. The agency did not comment on it. Why do I have a feeling that they just used the unlocked mobile device of the user, logged into the user's WhatsApp web mirror and disabled the "Whatsapp web is active" notification allowing them to track the activ…
> disabled the "Whatsapp web is active" notification allowing them to track the activity in real-time What kind of notification is that and where is it configured? I can't seem to find it on Android, iOS, or web.
When you turn on whatsapp web, you see a notification on your phone to let you know that web version is currently active. see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/5usw62/how_can...