Another privacy scandal: thousands of private WhatsApp chats leaked online. It's all about options
Journalist Jordan Wildondiscovered that the “Invite to Group link” feature allows Google to index group chats in Messenger. Thus, they become available in general searches on the Internet. A total of 470 thousand links are reported, including those leading to closed groups.
Journalists were able to find such chats on request inGoogle In particular, they were able to join a group dedicated to non-governmental organizations accredited by the UN. As a result, journalists managed to gain access to the list of all chat participants and their phone numbers.