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Google can now read your WhatsApp messages

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467 points bundie | 3 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.902s | source
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bsaul ◴[08 Jul 25 16:57 UTC] No.44501820[source]▶
how does this work ? Aren't the whatsapp data encrypted locally ?
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1. inerte ◴[08 Jul 25 17:07 UTC] No.44501930[source]▶
Screen reader?
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2. bsaul ◴[08 Jul 25 17:22 UTC] No.44502086[source]▶
oh ok, didn't understand that it was working over a screen capture stream... thanks !
3. hnburnsy ◴[09 Jul 25 02:00 UTC] No.44505680[source]▶
Android Accessibility Service

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/accessibility/...

>Devices running Android 8.0 (API level 26) and higher include several text-processing features that make it easier for accessibility services to identify and operate on specific units of text that appear on screen.