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“While no safety programme including ours is perfect and we must constantly improve… we are committed to doing all we can to prevent these abuses to our systems,” the Facebook-owned company said in its response to the government. ET has seen the communication.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY<\/a>) had asked WhatsApp<\/a> for details on the spyware<\/a> hack that allowed perpetrators to snoop on users and what remedial action it had taken. The government also wanted to know whether WhatsApp users in India had been compromised, given that it’s used by politicians, bureaucrats and businesspeople.
The country is WhatsApp’s biggest market with more than 200 million users. The Financial Times reported May 13 that spyware developed by an Israeli cyber intelligence group had exploited a vulnerability in the WhatsApp calling function to infect a user’s phone with spyware, putting all information on the device at risk. The messaging company had asked users to update the app to the latest version to fix the issue.
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The company told MeitY it had corrected the vulnerability through the deployment of strong server-side protections, hence it was not imperative for users to upgrade their WhatsApp version or phone operating systems. It had, however, asked its users to upgrade simply as a matter of “abundant caution.”
“The company has further informed the government that it had come down heavily on unofficial versions of WhatsApp and had taken action against 4 million such accounts in the Indian general election season,” a senior government official told ET.
This refers to unsupported variants such as JT WhatsApp and GB WhatsApp which, according to the company, are being used to get around the limit on forwards.
“Users of unsupported apps are banned and explained how to migrate to the official version of WhatsApp,” the company told the government.
Telemarketing companies and political outfits have reportedly been using these apps to breach the limits. Since 2018, the app has restricted forwards to five per user, down from 256 previously, in order to curb the spread of fake news through bulk messaging.
WhatsApp told the government it had taken action against “dozens” of private companies in India that were violating its terms of service in this manner. It asked for the government’s cooperation in bringing to its attention companies that the Indian authorities may be aware of in this regard.
Prior to this, WhatsApp has been resisting the government’s demand on traceability of inflammatory messages, which have led to acts of violence such as lynchings and riots.
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“虽然没有安全计划包括我们是完美的,我们必须不断提高…我们致力于做一切我们可以防止这些滥用我们的系统,“Facebook-owned公司在其响应政府表示。外星人的沟通。
电子和信息技术(MeitY)已要求WhatsApp细节的间谍软件黑客,允许罪犯窥探用户和已采取什么补救措施。政府也想知道WhatsApp用户在印度已经妥协,因为它所使用的政治家、官僚和商人。
国家WhatsApp最大的市场拥有超过2亿用户。英国《金融时报》5月13日报道,以色列间谍软件开发的一个网络情报组织利用的脆弱性WhatsApp调用函数与间谍软件感染用户的电话,把所有设备上的信息处于危险之中。消息传递公司要求用户更新应用程序到最新版本来解决这个问题。
该公司告诉MeitY已经纠正的漏洞通过部署强大的服务器端保护,因此它不是用户必须升级WhatsApp版本或手机操作系统。然而,它要求其用户升级简单的“丰富的谨慎。”
”该公司进一步通知政府,已经很大程度上下来的非官方版本WhatsApp,采取行动反对400万个这样的账户在印度大选季节,”一位高级政府官员告诉等。
这是指不受支持的变体如JT WhatsApp和GB WhatsApp,据该公司介绍,被用于绕过限制前锋。
“禁止用户不支持的应用程序和解释了如何迁移到官方版本的WhatsApp,”该公司告诉政府。
电话销售公司和政治机构据报道违反限制使用这些应用程序。自2018年以来,应用限制每个用户转发到五,从256年以前,为了遏制假新闻通过大量消息的传播。乐动扑克
WhatsApp告诉政府已采取行动反对“几十”的私营企业在印度违反了服务条款。它要求政府的合作使其关注的公司,印度当局可能会意识到在这方面。
此前,WhatsApp一直在抵制政府的需求的可跟踪性炎症的消息,这导致私刑和骚乱等暴力行为。
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