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New WhatsApp bug lets your phone number appear in Google Search

New WhatsApp bug lets your phone number appear in Google Search

WhatsApp is back with a new bug. A researcher has warned about a new WhatsApp feature which is called 'Click to Chat' and reportedly puts mobile numbers at risk. The numbers, according to the researcher, are indexed by Google Search which allows anyone to find them. However, WhatsApp has stated that is not a big deal and that the results of the phone numbers only show up if the user has chosen to make it public.

A bug-bounty hunter called Athul Jayaram was quoted by Threatpost stating that a bug in WhatsApp’s Click to Chat feature pushed the phone numbers into risky territory and in turn putting the social messaging site at a risk by allowing Google Search to index them. The issue here is that the misfeature will allow anyone to search for users’ phone numbers on the web which becomes a major privacy risk.

The Click to Chat feature assists users in starting a WhatsApp chat with another user even if the phone numbers have not been saved in the sender’s address books. This allows certain websites to chat with their visitors without having to save the phone number.

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