Tag: whatsapp
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WhatsApp Threatened to Be Blocked by Indonesia Over Obscene Content
Indonesia on Monday vowed to block Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp Messenger within 48 hours if the service did not ensure that obscene Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images were removed. WhatsApp, which is widely used in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, said message encryption prevented it from monitoring the third-party providers Indonesians use to search…
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WhatsApp Delete for Everyone Feature Is Here, Here’s How to Get Started
WhatsApp’s new feature that allows users to delete sent messages is now available to everyone, a week after it started rolling out to select users of the app. The ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature lets people recall messages sent on individual chats as well as WhatsApp groups, and is available across different platforms, such as Android,…
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WhatsApp Status, Instagram Stories Now at Over 300 Million Daily Active Users Each
As Facebook posted an increase in its daily and monthly active users in the third quarter financial results, the features of its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp also recorded growth with active users touching the 300 million mark. On Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that ‘Instagram Stories’ and ‘WhatsApp Status’ both now have 300 million…
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WhatsApp Reportedly Letting Users Delete Sent Messages: How It Works
WhatsApp message delete/ recall feature has been in the rumour mill for nearly a year now, with the company mentioning it in the internal code. But fans will be pleased to know that the feature, which had not made an official appearance so far, has started trickling out to some WhatsApp users. WABetainfo now reports…
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WhatsApp Group Voice, Video Calls Coming Soon, Suggests iPhone Beta Code.
WhatsApp group calling is on its way, going by the code spotted in the latest beta version for the iPhone app. While group voice calling for WhatsApp is pretty much confirmed due to multiple references, there is only a single mention of group video calls for the platform. Nonetheless, it will be a worthwhile addition…
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WhatsApp Introduces Live Location Sharing Designed for Short-Term Use
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service, is giving its over 1 billion users another reason to keep coming back to the app multiple times a day: live location sharing. WhatsApp, of course, already gives you the option to share your current location with other users, but that’s a static, one-time share. They key difference with live…
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WhatsApp Lets Anyone With Your Phone Number See How Often You’re Online
There is a potential design flaw in WhatsApp that lets anyone with a WhatsApp account and access to your phone number (the one tied to your WhatsApp account) know just how much time you spend on WhatsApp. The flaw, depending on how avid a WhatsApp user you are, could also let someone estimate fairly accurately…
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger May Still Put User Information at Risk.
Do you know that despite the end-to-end encryption provided by popular messaging platforms like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Viber, your sensitive information is vulnerable to hacking? A research report has highlighted the importance of what is called an ‘authentication ceremony’ to help mitigate the risk. Researchers from Brigham Young University (BYU) at Utah in the…