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<p>If you use <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/whatsapp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WhatsApp[/url] on Mac, you’ll want to make sure the desktop app has been updated to the current version, 0.4.316. This closes a very nasty <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">security[/url] hole.</p>
<p>The vulnerability was discovered by security researcher Gal Weizman. It built on an earlier issue in which <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2019/08/08/whatsapp-security-flaws/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">replies could fake the original text[/url]…</p>
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https://9to5mac.com/2020/02/05/whatsapp-on-mac/#more-631344" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
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