Stop downloading whatsapp photos on android

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We saw this last year, with WhatsApp and Telegram exposed to an Android vulnerability where images were saved to an external disk.

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The issue comes when you save that to the album on your internal phone’s storage or an external disk.

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If you were to receive a malicious image in one of your messaging or social media apps, then viewing it within the applications is almost certainly fine.

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