Amid the ongoing war between Iran and Israel, Iranian TV has asked people not to run WhatsApp. Now people are being appealed in Iran to delete WhatsApp from their smartphone. It is alleged that Israel is spying through this and getting information about the people of Iran. In such a situation, we know what is the rule in Iran about WhatsApp and what is Iran’s claim right now. Also, you will tell you what to say about WhatsApp and how to spy through WhatsApp is being said.
What is being said about WhatsApp in Iran?
According to a report by The Times of Israel, Iranian television on Tuesday urged people to remove WhatsApp from their smartphones. They allege that the messaging app has collected information and some special data of users to send Israel. It is alleged that WhatsApp is giving information about the people of Iran to Israel, due to which many personal data is reaching Israel.
What to say about WhatsApp?
On the allegations made by Iran, WhatsApp says that these false reports will be an excuse to stop our services at the time when people need it most. WhatsApp says the app uses end-to-end encryption, which means that no service can read the provider message in between.
Also, the app said, ‘We do not track the location, we do not keep the record of who is sending messages to whom and we do not track those personal messages who are sending to each other. Also, we do not provide information to any government.
What can be spy?
By the way, it has been denied by WhatsApp that no spy is being done on his behalf. Also, espionage is not possible due to end-to-end encryption. But, if you look technically, this can also be possible through zero-day exploits. Let us know that zero-day exploit is a kind of cyber attack. Once before, a name of a Israeli company came to do so. Along with this, efforts can also be made to get personal information through social engineering or fishing attack.
Iran had a ban on WhatsApp even before
Iran had also banned many social networks earlier. However, some people use it through proxy and virtual private network or VPN. In 2022, the death of Mahsa Amini was banned on WhatsApp and Google Play during a large scale protests against the government. Then the ban was lifted in the last year’s last year. Apart from Instagram and Telegram, WhatsApp is one of Iran’s most popular messaging app.