Meta fixes easily bypassed WhatsApp ‘View Once’ privacy feature
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**WhatsApp 'View once' privacy bypass:** Researchers found that WhatsApp's 'View once' messages are implemented in a way that allows attackers to disable the view-once flag (especially via web/desktop and browser extensions), enabling recipients or third parties to save and share media meant to disappear; the issue has been actively abused and Meta is rolling out web fixes.
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