Ask HN: Why WhatsApp is sending so much unsecured traffic and unresolved IPs?

[mariankh]

Here is a photo from Malloc privacy & Security app report https://preview.redd.it/lr2slikujawd1.png?width=964&format=png&auto=webp&s=7d9dc5e520394c7d88a216bd3f67f21f1d06fbd3

[KomoD]

(OP is the CEO of "Malloc")

[mariankh]

This is a question we are investigating. If you want to use the app to reproduce it or check where other apps are sending data is up to you!

[koutsie]

seems like a not so sneaky advert then :?