Vault 7: CIA Can Bypass WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram Encryption

Wikileaks has opened Vault 7 to reveal the wide hacking capacity the CIA possesses. One of the many things the agency can do is render useless the encryption layers surrounding our favorite messaging apps, including WhatsApp and Signal. 

All those encryption layers users rely upon when using WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Weibo, Confide or Cloackman mean nothing because these techniques developed by the CIA allowed them to bypass it all. 

According to the trove of files made public by Wikileaks, the CIA has numerous divisions that work to create malware with the specific intent of taking control over iPhones, Android devices and more. 

A division for every OS

The analysis WikiLeaks shared with the world indicates the CIA's malware and hacking tools are built by the Engineering Development Group (EDG), a so...