Instant messaging service WhatsApp who just bought Facebook is claiming that they do not store data in its server conversation . However , security experts still call WhatsApp has security holes .
Reported by Mashable , Tuesday ( 03/11/2014 ) , a security consultant Bas Bosschert said unauthorized parties can access the application through the Android WhatsApp conversation which is designed for that purpose .Security holes in WhatsApp , according to security consultant , was the back- up mechanism integrated message in WhatsApp . This feature is actually made in order to prevent data loss conversation after the application is removed or reinstalled .
However , in the feature turns revealed that WhatsApp uses the same encryption method for all users , instead of different encryption methods for each user .
Thus , the conversation of the Android devices can be downloaded by other devices . WhatsApp database is stored on the storage card memory card can also be stolen by other applications .
This application makes its own database in the memory card of Android device users . Therefore , WhatsApp become vulnerable to other applications .
It could be that evil developers create other applications that have the ability to break the encryption used WhatsApp so that the user can access the conversation .
Until this news was revealed , WhatsApp has not issued a formal response over these findings .
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