WhatsApp - not as 'secure' as we thought ?

[msmob]

Bit of a stink re an Israel firm - licenced by the govt to find / create back doors ..

Interesting article from a Telegram fan :

http://telegra.ph/Why-WhatsApp-Will-Never-Be-Secure-05-15

Guess who just put Telegram on his desktop? - and it STILL works in Russia

[fathertime]

The US was quick to make a bunch of likely phony or trumped up charges against Huawei...but I doubt anything much will be said about an Israeli company doing in the same vein.    Clearly the 'case' against huawei is trumped up because the US is unable to compete with Huawei, and this is the US effort to force failure onto them....most people already know this.

Fathertime! 

[msmob]

FT,

The back door issues with Huawei are not 'trumped up'...possibly exaggerated.

The US were not alone in being concerned with fitting Huawei kit in sensitive areas.

[fathertime]

FT,

The back door issues with Huawei are not 'trumped up'...possibly exaggerated.
 

My impression is trumped up and exaggerated are the same thing. 

The US were not alone in being concerned with fitting Huawei kit in sensitive areas.

Concerned, is one thing, but attempting to destroy the company is rather 'trumped up' of the USA, which is what we (The US) are attempting to do.  I think it is just another trump bargaining chip.  China won't let it be, meanwhile it shouldn't be too had for the techies to verify their gear is clean. 

Fathertime! 

[Boethius]

I was always perplexed that WhatsApp could not be broken into.  I doubt there is any app that eventually can not be.  I assume Israel does this for its security concerns, so I have no issue with it.


This post was composed without the aid of google.

[msmob]

Concerned, is one thing, but attempting to destroy the company is rather 'trumped up' of the USA, which is what we (The US) are attempting to do.  I think it is just another trump bargaining chip.  China won't let it be, meanwhile it shouldn't be too had for the techies to verify their gear is clean. 

Fathertime!

FT..

Take it from someone iwho s the comms biz.. I have an acquaintance - friend of my bro - who has a v successful ISP/ telephony  biz .. He had refuses to use Huawei kit on HIS network for 8 years... He is a reseller for British Telecom - who DO use it  

This is NOT, I repeat NOT a new or 'US' thang ..

[Grumpy]

Cisco kit is not exactly secure either. Lots of new cves this week.
Telegram has a new update today.