WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging app. It makes use of internet connection on mobile devices for messaging, voice calls, video calls, and file sharing. The company was bought by Facebook in 2014.
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Facebook Pay will let you make payments through Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram
Last night, Facebook launched its new payment service called Facebook Pay in the US. The service will let you pay other people and businesses across Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. You can add your debit or credit card to Facebook Pay and choose if you want it available ...
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Why some accounts are getting banned for 'suspicious' group names on WhatsApp
Yesterday, GizChina reported some WhatsApp users are getting banned for 'suspicious' group names. According to a Reddit thread, a user changed a university group name to something that was indicative of child sexual abuse. In February, WhatsApp released a whitepaper on how it ...
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How to enable dark mode on WhatsApp Web
If you put dark mode on everything, you'd be delighted to know you can now enable the feature on WhatsApp web — on both ...
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WhatsApp now lets you choose which contacts can add you to groups
Hallelujah! WhatsApp is rolling out a new setting that lets you specify which people in your contact list can add you to groups on the messaging platform. This is a refined version of a feature that rolled out earlier this year. In the previous iteration, you could choose to ...
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How to lock WhatsApp with your fingerprint (or face) on Android and iOS
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. It's quite possible that you live in a house with a lot of kids who often snatch your phone to play games and watch videos. That’s probably ...
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WhatsApp spyware was used to snoop on 2 dozen Indian activists and journalists (Updated)
WhatsApp reveals at least two dozen academics, lawyers, Dalit activists and journalists in India were the target of surveillance ...
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WhatsApp sues Israeli security firm for injecting malware into targets' phones through its app
WhatsApp just sued Israel-based security company, the NSO Group, in a US federal court for allegedly injecting malware into over 1,400 targets’ phones through the messaging service. The Facebook-owned company accused the NSO Group of installing malware into phones for surveillance. ...
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WhatsApp for Android has mysteriously disappeared from Google Play [Update: It's back]
WhatsApp, one of the world's most popular privacy-oriented messengers, has suddenly disappeared from Google Play — and ...
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US and UK pressure Facebook for backdoor access to WhatsApp messages
The US, the UK, Australia are calling on Facebook to delay its plans to implement the end-to-end encryption across its messaging ...
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WhatsApp bug allowed hackers to steal files and messages with GIFs
A vulnerability in WhatsApp made it possible for attackers to gain access to your files nad messages by tricking you to open ...
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WhatsApp is testing a 'self-destructing' feature for your secret chats
Several popular messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, Telegram, and Signal offer a "self-destructing messages" feature. You can set a timer for messages in your conversation with someone, and those will disappear after the specified time. This feature might soon be coming ...
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Facebook and WhatsApp will share 'electronic communications' with UK police under new treaty
Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users' encrypted messages with British police as part of a new treaty between ...
