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		colanderman on Nov 16, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FastMail: Shutting down our XMPP chat service Permanent user bans: http://androidcommunity.com/whatsapp-issues-permanent-ban-on...

dest on Nov 16, 2015 [–]

I you can hack other's people accounts, it seems a good opportunity to force people out of WhatsApp. Just hack a guy's phone and connect him to WhatsApp through a third party client, get him permanently banned, and voilà!

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