Aug 242019
August 24, 2019
Non-U.S., Surveillance
Catalin Cimpanu reports:
Hong Kong software engineers have published warnings today against using Telegram to coordinate protests due to an issue in the instant messaging app.
They say the discovered issue can allow a threat actor, such as Chinese law enforcement or intelligence services, to obtain the phone numbers users utilized to register a Telegram account, which authorities can then track down to protesters’ real-world identities.
Read more on ZDNet.
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