WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Alleged C.I.A. Hacking Documents

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Extensive discussion on front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13810015

Among other items of interest was this snippet:

"...the WikiLeaks release said that the C.I.A. and allied intelligence services had managed to bypass encryption on popular phone and messaging services such as Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram."

Bypass, as in root the devices that these apps are running on. So, that means that within this dump there are no exploits for Signal, WhatsApp, etc. in particular. At least that's my understanding from what I've seen so far.

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