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WhatsApp Is Using IMEI Numbers As Passwords

Posted by Soulskill on from the security-through-handwavery dept.

mpol writes "In the past, WhatsApp has been criticized over their insecure use of XMPP. Recently, new versions of their app have incorporated encryption. It seems the trouble isn't over yet for WhatsApp and its users. Sam Granger writes on his blog that WhatsApp is using IMEI numbers as passwords. This is at least the case with the Android app, but other platforms are probably using similar methods. Since someone's IMEI number is easily readable, this isn't really secret information that should be used for authentication."

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  1. Re:I love the last line of the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

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  2. Re:The Mind Has No Firewall by myowntrueself · · Score: 3, Funny

    âoeThe Mind Has No Firewallâ by Timothy L. Thomas. Parameters, Spring 1998, pp. 84-92.

    The human body, much like a computer, contains myriad data processors. They include, but are not limited to, the chemical-electrical activity of the brain, heart, and peripheral nervous system, the signals sent from the cortex region of the brain to other parts of our body, the tiny hair cells in the inner ear that process...
     

    I was half expecting this to turn into another 'MyCleanPC' spam post.

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