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In July 2017, WhatsApp users began spotting a message claiming that a video filming known as Popcorn Carnival (or Carnaval de las palomitas) was hacking phones: Versions of the warning circulated on Facebook as well as WhatsApp, but nothing that we found included any explanation about what sort of risk the hacking of phones might pose. It appears the warning began circulating among Spanish-speaking users of WhatsApp. Following a 2 July 2017 post about security myths on the Internet and a subsequent post about WhatsApp, Spain's Policía Nacional cautioned: The Carnaval de palomitas or Popcorn Carnival WhatsApp hoax bears similarities to the older Dance of the Pope rumor. As we noted of that iteration:
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