WhatsApp Flaw Makes Your 'Private' Messages Easy to Read

Popular instant-messaging app WhatsApp backs up messages on Android in an insecure way, according to one security researcher — and it isn't the first WhatsApp security flaw. WhatsApp may be riding high since Facebook last month agreed to buy the five-year-old startup for a stunning $19 billion. WhatsApp stores an archive of your messages on the phone's SD card, which is not a secure storage area.

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