Hacker News was the first to report the exploit, insisting it was merely trying to raise awareness. The technique is not an actual flaw in the WhatsApps software so much as a trick that even someone with little to no technology expertise could use to compromise users personal information and gain access to their contacts. Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, is unlikely to do much about this kind of security threat because maintaining physical control over a smartphone is really a consumer’s responsibility. The video showing how to steal WhatsApp account data has already been embedded on a number of sites.”]