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May 2021
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Episode 16: Contact Discovery in Mobile ...

Symbolic Software
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Contact discovery is a core feature in popular mobile messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram that lets users grant access to their address book in order to discover which of their contacts are on that messaging service. While contact discovery is critical for WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram to function properly, privacy concerns arise with the cu ... Show More
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