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Re: Whatsapp Web

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Post by dethstar »

nichochar wrote: post #17
radicalbyte wrote: post #14

I thought that Whatsapp didn't store (or read) messages, and that was why it was so secure / awesome? So how can they do this?

You're mistaken, they do store. And don't hide it. Also they don't even encrypt, they send messages over the air in plain text. YAY $16 billion!

https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/

Re: Whatsapp Web

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Post by [deleted] »

nichochar wrote: post #17
radicalbyte wrote: post #14

I thought that Whatsapp didn't store (or read) messages, and that was why it was so secure / awesome? So how can they do this?

You're mistaken, they do store. And don't hide it. Also they don't even encrypt, they send messages over the air in plain text. YAY $16 billion!

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Re: Whatsapp Web

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Post by subliminalpanda »

nichochar wrote: post #17
radicalbyte wrote: post #14

I thought that Whatsapp didn't store (or read) messages, and that was why it was so secure / awesome? So how can they do this?

You're mistaken, they do store. And don't hide it. Also they don't even encrypt, they send messages over the air in plain text. YAY $16 billion!

Hopefully that will change soon.

https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/

Re: Whatsapp Web

#25

Post by balls187 »

This is sweet.

I like being able to chat with my friends while I am at work so I'm glad to see WhatsApp bringing web access.

Hopefully iOS support is around the corner, but given how often iOS gets preferential treatment over Android, I'm okay with my Droid friends getting first crack at it.

Re: Whatsapp Web

#26

Post by kylec »

The title should more correctly say "Whatsapp for Google Chrome". You can't really say it's for "web" if Chrome is the only browser you support.

Re: Whatsapp Web

#27

Post by derefr »

fabrice_d wrote: post #15

So it seems to do some pairing between your phone and chrome? Not really what I call a web version. A real web version would run on, you know, any reasonably recent web browser.

I think the point of the pairing itself is more just to make sure people only have as many WhatsApp accounts as they have phone numbers. Not sure why it's Chrome only, though.

Re: Whatsapp Web

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Post by rdtsc »

radicalbyte wrote: post #14

I thought that Whatsapp didn't store (or read) messages, and that was why it was so secure / awesome? So how can they do this?

How is dropping a message to someone who is not online or cannot be reached at that instant because of network connectivity awesome?
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