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Research Update for src/generic-methodologies-and-resources/side-channel-attacks-on-messaging-protocols.md

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Updated /tmp/hacktricks_update_cvl5vv9r/repo/src/generic-methodologies-and-resources/side-channel-attacks-on-messaging-protocols.md.

What I changed:

• Fixed the outdated signal-cli example to the current sendReaction RECIPIENT --target-author --target-timestamp form, and noted that receive/daemon should be running to actually collect receipts. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
• Expanded the tooling section with practical public-PoC details: device-activity-tracker uses delete probes plus a rolling 0.9 * median RTT threshold, while careless-whisper-python adds a WhatsApp-first CLI with concurrency and metrics/export support. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
• Added a tight internal cross-reference to the registration-oracle page for scaling the “spooky stranger” workflow, plus a short note about WhatsApp unknown-message throttling as an operational constraint. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
• Expanded the resource-exhaustion section with newer operational detail from Careless Whisper: oversized invalid reactions can be used for traffic inflation/covert transport, with reported server-side acceptance around 1 MB and public drain measurements around 3.7 MB/s (~13.3 GB/h). I kept the existing location-inference section intact around the Hope of Delivery results. (arxiv.org)

Validation:

• git diff --check passed.
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External URLs used:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11194
https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/hope-of-delivery-extracting-user-locations-from-mobile-instant-messengers/
https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/blob/master/man/signal-cli.1.adoc
https://github.com/gommzystudio/device-activity-tracker
https://github.com/ctrlsam/careless-whisper-python
https://faq.whatsapp.com/3379690015658337

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