Your @WhatsApp groups may not be as secure as you think they are. WhatsApp Group Chat Invite Links, User Profiles Made Public Again on @Google Again.
Story - gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/what…
#Infosec #Privacy #Whatsapp #infosecurity #CyberSecurity #GDPR #DataSecurity #dataprotection ImageImage
Whatsapp also allows users to generate rich preview links of group chat invites that eventually may allow search engine crawlers to identify the links and then index them for future searches. This issue was apparently fixed by Whatsapp last year after becoming public.
Whatsapp Statement on this -
gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/what… Image
WhatsApp removed all of its group invite & profile links from Google Search @ around 1AM. It was a quick action. Also they responded to @Gadgets360
WhatsApp advises users after group chat links seen again on Google search. WhatsApp on Monday said that they have asked Google not to index such chats and advised users not to share group chat links on publicly accessible websites.
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