Beware: Those free WhatsApp backups on Google Drive aren’t encrypted
A few days ago, we learned that Facebook and Google partnered to offer users free Google Drive backups for WhatsApp chats. That’s a great offer …
WhatsApp gets free backups on Google Drive in November
WhatsApp is one of the most popular mobile chat apps in the world with over 1.5 billion daily active users and more than 60 billion …
Hackers found a way to alter sent WhatsApp messages, but don’t freak out just yet
Facebook’s WhatsApp chat app is one of the most popular messaging applications out there. It’s available on virtually any platform, making possible encrypted chats and …
Get ready for Facebook ads in your WhatsApp chats
Purchased in 2014 for around $22 billion, WhatsApp is Facebook’s most expensive acquisition. It’s also one of Facebook’s major properties that are not bringing in …
Group FaceTime is coming this fall, but WhatsApp’s group video chat is available right now
After promising at Facebook’s FB conference a few months ago that it would be coming soon, WhatsApp announced today that starting this week, users can …
Facebook talks up end-to-end encryption, but still won’t use it on Messenger
News broke out a few days ago that the WhatsApp co-founder that’s still working for Facebook will leave the company soon over various differences with …
You don’t need to freak out about the latest WhatsApp-crashing bug
Every once in a while, smartphone users discover ways of crashing their phones, or the phones of their friends, that involve sending out a particular …
Jan Koum is leaving Facebook and WhatsApp users will end up paying the price
Jan Koum, the other Facebook-made WhatsApp co-founder that’s still working for the giant social network will leave the company over clashes with Mark Zuckerberg about …
Police extracted fingerprints from WhatsApp photos to convict drug dealers
Law enforcement officials have been complaining for quite a while now that encrypted devices and encrypted chat apps are slowing down investigations. Key evidence that …
WhatsApp cofounder and Facebook-made billionaire tells people to delete Facebook
The most important thing happening in tech right now is Facebook. The revelations coming from Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie have been quite damaging for …
WhatsApp reaches deal with UK regulator over Facebook data sharing
Remember how WhatsApp vowed that it will never share user data with Facebook when Mark Zuckerberg and Co. announced the multi-billion dollar purchase of the …
BlackBerry takes all of Facebook’s instant messaging apps to court
Like seeing that tiny number that adorns an instant messaging app on your iPhone or Android to tell you that you’ve got incoming messages? How …
Deja-vu: Facebook ordered to stop sharing data with WhatsApp
Facebook said when it acquired WhatsApp back in early 2014 that it won’t be able to link WhatsApp users to their Facebook accounts. But it …
Fake WhatsApp app on the Google Play Store was downloaded more than 1 million times
More than 1 million people downloaded a copycat WhatsApp app from the Google Play Store, according to a report from The Hacker News. The app, …
WhatsApp introduces encrypted live location sharing service
With more than a billion active users. WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging platforms out there. It works across operating systems, offering …
Facebook’s WhatsApp privacy lie cost it $122 million in European fines
Remember back in 2014 when Facebook acquired WhatsApp for a boatload of money that WhatsApp promised nothing would change privacy-wise for its customers? Remember when …
Hackers can own any WhatsApp account with one malicious meme
WhatsApp and Telegram are two instant messaging apps that have more than a billion users between them. They offer encrypted communications, convenient messaging, and a …
These messaging apps are safe from all of the CIA’s known hacking tools
News organization have been abuzz this week following the release of a new WikiLeaks document dump detailing the hacking tools used by the CIA to spy …
Facebook copies Snapchat again with a ‘new’ WhatsApp feature
Today, WhatsApp announced that it’s adding a new feature, called Status, to its notorious app. The feature goes into beta in France and the Netherlands …
WhatsApp begins rolling out two-factor authentication to all users
WhatsApp just became a safer chat platform on Friday as two-step verification (the company’s phrase for two-factor authentication) has finally been added to the popular app. …
WhatsApp vulnerability: Encryption backdoor or convenience feature?
The government, it turns out, could intercept WhatsApp texts if it wanted to, a new report revealed a few days ago. That’s even if Facebook’s …
Whatsapp bug allows viewing of encrypted messages
Whatsapp’s messaging app supposedly ensures strong end-to-end encryption, with the idea being that only the people involved in a conversation will ever be able to …
Hackers have a new way to steal your banking login using WhatsApp
Hackers are targeting unsuspecting users with a new type of mobile virus that spreads through legitimate-looking word documents sent via WhatsApp, which could then steal sensitive …
EU goes after Facebook for misleading information during WhatsApp purchase
WhatsApp represents one of Facebook’s most important acquisitions and a very costly one. It’s also one of the most popular messaging applications out there, having …
What if one of Gmail’s coolest features came to chat apps?
How many times have you sent a message to the wrong person and wished you could take it back? There’s a neat feature inside Gmail that lets …
These are the versions of iOS and Android that WhatsApp will no longer support in 2017
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps on smartphones today, and it’s available on virtually every mobile operating system. Because of that, the …
You can apparently force Facebook to stop collecting WhatsApp data
If you’re living in Europe and you’re unhappy with the fact that Facebook-owned WhatsApp started sharing data with its parent company in spite of saying …
WhatsApp finally receives support for video calling
It took WhatsApp long enough, but the feature you may have been waiting for is finally here: free video chatting for all. Just like any …
WhatsApp finally lets iPhone users share GIFs
Sharing GIFs, short videos, and Live Photos is now possible in WhatsApp, as long as you have an iPhone. The functionality is built in other …
How to stop WhatsApp from sharing your personal data with Facebook
WhatsApp will start sharing data with its parent company Facebook shortly, in spite of the promises the company made when it was first acquired. Facebook will …
