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by bonzini 1995 days ago
WhatsApp (the app) can obviously read the messages. It can hash the links and check them the same way that browsers do. It doesn't have to happen server-side.
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martinko 1995 days ago
While true, you're being very generous.
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bonzini 1995 days ago
It's how Google's safe browsing API works, so it's not unlikely.
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