Your WhatsApp-linked number could show up in Google Search
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Your WhatsApp-linked number, maybe even name and email address, could be leaking through Google Search. A security researcher has flagged a critical vulnerability in the Facebook-owned messaging service - an issue that can allow anyone to look up the above-mentioned information on Google and create a database for social engineering-based attacks. The bug in question pertains to WhatsApp's Click to Chat feature.