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WhatsApp's New "Read and Delete" Feature Is Coming, And It's Actually a Big Deal for Your Privacy

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that deletes messages after they've been read, not just after a timer. Here's what you need to know. Okay, this is a good one. WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Meta and used by over two billion people worldwide, is quietly testing a new feature that will delete your messages automatically after the other person has read them. Not after a timer. After they've actually read it. That's a meaningful difference. And if you care about your priv

Michael Routhier

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Overhead view of two people at a table surrounded by stacks of cash, a bill counter, and credit cards in front of a computer monitor, representing the financial risk and fraud enabled by AI customer service chatbot vulnerabilities

They Asked the AI Nicely. It Handed Over the Keys.

They didn't need a weapon. They just needed a chat window and a machine that was designed to be helpful. I want you to read this sentence very carefully. Hackers broke into high-profile Instagram accounts; including the Barack Obama White House account, the Chief Master Sergeant of the US Space Force, and global beauty brand Sephora, not by cracking a password. Not by writing sophisticated malware. Not by exploiting some buried technical vulnerability that took months to find

Michael Routhier

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