Technically yes because everybody can read the database

Le lundi 7 mai 2012 16:12:10 UTC+2, Aditya Gupta a écrit :
>
> I was just analyzing the Whatsapp application for Android, used for 
> instant messaging. To my surprise, i found out that, the database file 
> where it stores its IM conversations log, is having the read permission for 
> everyone. 
>
> Does that mean that i could create a malicious application and extract the 
> msgstore.db file from it. 
>

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