WhatsApp security flaw: Over 60,000 groups still accessible online
By DW
27 February 2020 |
9:12 am
A DW exclusive investigation shows thousands of links to private WhatsApp groups can still be easily found online, despite public outrage which led the company to change its stance and remove them from Google.
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