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Is your phone number safe? The story of how WhatsApp nearly leaked it

When we think about protecting our personal data, we often think of our home address, passwords, or banking credentials. But a recent discovery of vulnerability in WhatsApp shows that our phone numbers deserve the same caution.

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from blog.avast.com EN authored by Avast Blog. Read the original post at: https://blog.avast.com/whatsapp-vulnerability-nearly-leaked-billions-of-phone-numbers