1/18/2022- 4:34 p.m.
US govt orders WhatsApp to track unidentified users for unknown reasons
The Meta-owned messaging app was ordered by the DEA to spy on several foreign nationals, even though the agency had no evidence the users had committed a crime or even knew their names, according to an unsealed warrant.
“The warrant reveals the DEA didn’t know the identities of any of the targets, but told WhatsApp to monitor the IP addresses and numbers with which the targeted users were communicating, as well as when and how they were using the app,” a security and privacy reporter found.
The surveillance was reportedly part of an operation investigating the importation of opioids from China.
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