iPhone hackers can expose WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema users' location

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Security researchers discovered that iPhone hackers could expose WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema users' locations with an accuracy of 80%.

Security researchers discovered that iPhone hackers could expose WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema users’ locations with an accuracy of 80%, depending on the attack’s success. Here’s what you need to know about it.. According to the publication, “the trick lies in measuring the time taken for the attacker to receive the message delivery status notification on a message sent to the target.”

By measuring these delays in a preparatory work stage, like sending messages when the target’s location is known, an attacker could figure out where the message recipient is located at any time in the future by simply sending them a new message and measuring the time taken for the delivery status notifications to arrive.

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