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This a million times.

Whatsapp of all things has this. (mostly to save on bandwidth, because whatsapp as all about efficiency at one point)

There is no real reason to auto process untrusted data. I would have thought we'd learnt from the years of exploits outlook dealt with in the late 90s/early 2000s.



Sometimes my dad sends me photos over Whatsapp, and I have noticed that they appear in my Photos app before I have opened/viewed the actual Whatsapp message. I assume that this is happening because i have given Whatsapp access to my Photos. But, it does appear that attachment/image processing is happening via Whatsapp without my control/without my viewing the message + its attachments.


for those that don't know how to turn it off:

settings -> storage & data -> media auto download

> But, it does appear that attachment/image processing is happening via Whatsapp without my control/without my viewing the message + its attachments.

For me at least, on iOS whatsapp doesn't insert pictures and video into my photostream even if I tap "download"




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