The Guardian Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Alleged WhatsApp backdoor==== After publishing a story on 13 January 2017 claiming that [[WhatsApp]] had a "backdoor [that] allows snooping on messages", more than 70 professional cryptographers signed on to an open letter calling for ''The Guardian'' to retract the article.<ref>{{cite web|date=20 January 2017|title=Security researchers call for Guardian to retract false WhatsApp 'backdoor' story|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/20/security-researchers-call-for-guardian-to-retract-false-whatsapp-backdoor-story/|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-date=10 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610075439/https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/20/security-researchers-call-for-guardian-to-retract-false-whatsapp-backdoor-story/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=William|last=Turton|date=13 January 2017|title=There's No Security Backdoor in WhatsApp, Despite Reports|url=https://gizmodo.com/theres-no-security-backdoor-in-whatsapp-despite-report-1791158247|publisher=[[Gizmodo]]|quote=According to [[Alec Muffett]], an experienced security researcher who spoke to Gizmodo, The Guardian's story is "major league fuckwittage".|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606055321/http://gizmodo.com/theres-no-security-backdoor-in-whatsapp-despite-report-1791158247|url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 June 2017, readers' editor Paul Chadwick released an article detailing the flawed reporting in the original January article, which was amended to remove references to a backdoor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chadwick|first=Paul|date=28 June 2017|title=Flawed reporting about WhatsApp {{!}} Open door {{!}} Paul Chadwick|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2017/jun/28/flawed-reporting-about-whatsapp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514225529/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2017/jun/28/flawed-reporting-about-whatsapp|archive-date=14 May 2019|access-date=18 January 2018|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ganguly|first=Manisha|date=13 January 2017|title=WhatsApp design feature means some encrypted messages could be read by third party|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-design-feature-encrypted-messages|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628000021/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages|archive-date=28 June 2017|access-date=18 January 2018|website=The Guardian}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page