WhatsApp. The very popular messaging platform all over the world is the target of a scam that aims to take advantage of users' naivety in a not so original, but extremely effective way. More specifically, a new application called Mei promises users to tell them which of the people they chat with on a daily basis through the WhatsApp platform they secretly love, but to do so it requires exporting the conversations to their platform.
WhatsApp. In order to analyze this information, the application asks the user to enter the phone number he uses in the Facebook platform for conversations, which is the first sign of trouble. Of course, few people will "catch" even from this point, so if we go further, the Mei application asks WhatsApp users to export the conversations they have with various people after logging into it.
WhatsApp. CAREFUL! VERY BIG PIECE TO BE AWARE OF!
WhatsApp. After the conversations are exported to the Mei application servers, they are analyzed by an artificial intelligence system, and the user should be told which person secretly loves him. In reality, those data are used for completely different purposes, and what the WhatsApp user sees is a story that has nothing to do with reality, but extracting this data with the consent of the person is not so easy otherwise.
“Mei is an algorithm-based app that analyzes your WhatsApp conversations to see how much you like the people you message – all anonymously. Whether you're single, looking for love, or just looking for help with text analysis, our smart app can help."
WhatsApp. Through this method, the creators of the application ensure a continuous flow of conversations of gullible people who imagine that they will find out who secretly loves them, but in fact everything is a big joke. Of course, no one will stop the Mei people from distributing their application through the App Store or Google Play, and this prevents the fact that we are witnessing a case similar to Cambridge Analytica, in which the data was collected in the same way.
WhatsApp. Unfortunately, many extremely naive people use these messaging platforms, and their data is extremely easy to collect by various companies that do not want them well.