Storm on WhatsApp, but Telegram would have security problems

According to the specialized site ArsTechnica, hackers could track the location of users using the application chosen by many as an alternative to Mark Zuckerberg’s messaging service.

In these days when the privacy policy change of WhatApp is alerting many people, apparently willing to go over to the competition (read: other instant messaging applications), the perhaps unexpected mosaic arrives: the one that is configured as the main one alternative to controlled service. by Mark Zuckerberg’s group, he could have problems that should not be underestimated. According to the specialized site ArsTechnicaIn fact, Telegram would not be as protected and would allow you to easily find the location of a user.

Telegram security issues

Apparently, Telegram would allow attackers to geolocate the user who enables the function that allows geographically close people to connect. This is a bug, if you can speak of a bug, found in both users using Android devices and those using iPhone. In summary, therefore, Telegram allows access to the positions of the users:

• who use the device without distinction Android or iPhone
• that activated the function connection between people geographically close

Not only Telegram would have problems. The other messaging app that many are using to replace WhatsApp, namely Signal, has experienced some glitches, after reaching the milestone of 50 million downloads, probably due to the sudden and exaggerated flow of users who have decided to give it a try.

These days, meanwhile, the news that WhatsApp has decided to postpone for three months the update of the conditions of service around which the uproar has broken out: in recent days, the Italian Guarantor for the protection of personal data.

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