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abshack on March 20, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: WhatsApp AES decryption key for all chats leaked

In terms of huge blows to WhatsApp, nothing beats the original[1] leak which showed that WhatsApp was using IMEIs as a password.

That didn't stop WhatsApp from growing into the behemoth (that its acquisition price states) it is.

[1] http://samgranger.com/whatsapp-is-using-imei-numbers-as-pass...

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