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I Know Which Device You Used Last Summer: Fingerprinting WhatsApp Users’ Devices

ID: 35352060-155a-500c-9d08-083604d28b83

STIX ID: report--35352060-155a-500c-9d08-083604d28b83

Feed Name: Tal Be'ery

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2024-10-15

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Tal Be'ery

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*Researchers demonstrate that WhatsApp's Multi Device protocol and platform-specific Message ID generation leak device counts, persistent device identifiers, and operating system information (Android, iOS, Windows, macOS), enabling OS fingerprinting and targeted reconnaissance; they document empirical Message ID patterns, a Chrome-extension proof-of-concept, and recommend unifying Message ID logic to mitigate the privacy leak.*

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