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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:16:43 +0100
From: Pål Nilsen <paal.nilsen@...il.com>
To: Jerome Athias <athiasjerome@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: whatsapp opening url in background

That is probably related to "Predict network actions ..." in Chrome
advanced settings.


On 15 November 2013 09:21, Jerome Athias <athiasjerome@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> fyi
> I've seen Chrome (on Mac OSX) doing at least two requests to the
> "first domains" of the results of a search
> It appears to be like a pre-cache functionality, however I didn't
> investigate more (so I don't know if it is related to pre-load / Do
> Not Track)
> I wonder how it could be used in combination with techniques like
> google bombing for tracking or malware...
>
> Regards
> /JA
>
>
> 2013/11/15 Frank Habermann <lordlamer@...dlamer.de>:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> I have been talking with WhatsApp about this issue during some days and
> >> this error is solved in last version *2.11.134.*
> >>
> >> I have been written an advisory for this:
> >> http://foosec.com/docs/whatsapp.html
> > Thanks for the info.
> >
> > Frank
> >
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