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According to security researchers, Whatsapp bug shows the user’s picture to strangers; that’s the security problem recently been detected in whatsapp. Thats mean the person who don’t even know you can access your profile picture, even if they have been set to be viewable to friends only. This major problem, was found by 17-year-old security researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan, it seems that the problem aroused as result of the phone app not being properly synced with the new web interface. This situation is creating quite dissatisfaction among the whatsapp users across the globe.
People are able to set WhatsApp so that it only shares their profile photo with people they have in their contacts lists. But the security system of the app is endangered now as the bug allows people to get around that and see the profile photos of the people they don’t know.
Another major problem can be found in this much beloved mobile app is that the web app also allows its users to access the pictures that have since been deleted. You can see that they are still there on the web, even though these pictures get blurred out on the phone app. There should be a quick solution to this problem; otherwise this celebrated app may lose its heyday.
