Explained — What's Up With the WhatsApp 'Backdoor' Story? Feature or Bug!

What is a backdoor? By definition: "Backdoor is a feature or defect of a computer system that allows surreptitious unauthorized access to data," either the backdoor is in encryption algorithm, a server or in an implementation. Yesterday, we published a story based on findings reported by security researcher Tobias Boelter that suggests WhatsApp has a backdoor that "could allow" an attacker,

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