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Private chats, group chats, and user profiles from messaging platforms getting leaked is a constant threat. While Big Tech, lawmakers, and privacy advocates know where the holes are, there has been an air of reticence around discussing how to plug them. Can messaging apps alone be held responsible for such leaks? No. There is more to it than meets the eye.
Are your chats secure?Maybe yes. Maybe no. 2018: Chetan Bhagat’s WhatsApp chats leaked amid the #MeToo movement. 2019: 470,000 WhatsApp group invite links leaked. 2020: Chats of celebrities involved in an narcotics-bureau investigation leaked. 2021: Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami’s chats with TV-ratings agency BARC’s former CEO Partho Dasgupta leaked. WhatsApp chats constantly get leaked, but the public comes to know only about a fraction of
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