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WhatsApp is working on making your chats more secure by introducing end-to-end encryption along with a much deeper Facebook integration. A developer by the name of Javier Santos shared a few screenshots on Google Plus that adheres to the changes mentioned above. When we connect the dots, WhatsApp’s co-founder Jan Koum spoke of adding end-to-end […]
The famous messaging service WhatsApp is down around the world with people complaining on Twitter how they can’t connect, send or receive messages from their friends and families. Users in UAE, India, Pakistan, Brazil, US and countries in Europe are reporting that the messaging service is down. A live outage map for all the regions […]
Last year I together with my friend Sourav Kar made the world’s smallest code which could crash whatsapp. In a video demonstration, we have showed that how a 2000 words (2kb in size) message in special character set can crash Whatsapp messenger app. Previous it was discovered that sending a huge message ( greater than […]
Short Bytes: A security researcher has uncovered a serious flaw in Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging app. This loophole exists in both the desktop and mobile apps. He found that by sending about 4,000 smileys to a target, the WhatApp app starts to slow down and ultimately crashes. According to a security researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan, there is a […]
A group of researchers have demonstrated how locations of Facebook and WhatsApp users can be exposed by a security flaw in 4G networks. When a user connects to a 4G network what happens is that they are assigned a special TMSI (Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity), which is an 8 digit number. TMSI only stores the data in […]
Short Bytes: To keep your WhatsApp data safe and encrypted, WhatsApp has partnered with Google Drive. Take a look to know how to enable this lifesaver feature. Losing all the precious WhatsApp pictures and videos is something that a good friend of mine faced recently. There are some simple ways to recover data from your external SD-card, […]
The post includes a detailed procedure to hack and decrypt WhatsApp Database remotely on rooted Android mobile devices. Very Interesting!. A few hours ago it has been published an interesting post on “How to Hack and Decrypt WhatsApp Database (Remotely) [ROOT]” that explains how to extract and decrypt WhatsApp database from a rooted Android system. […]
WhatsApp Web is a web-based extension of the WhatsApp application on your phone. The web application mirrors all messages sent and received, and fully synchronize your phone and your desktop computer so that users can see all messages on both devices. WhatsApp Web is available for most WhatsApp supported platforms, including Android, iPhone (iOS), Windows Phone 8.x, BlackBerry, BB10 and […]
In the annual report of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, big players like WhatsApp and AT&T have been ranked worst in protecting your data and privacy. In the annual “Who Has Your Back” scorecard, EFF tells us about the tech companies’ efforts to ensure transparency when it comes to doing a reasonable job to protect you […]
A YouTube Video explains that Facebook’s popular social messaging service WhatsApp can potentially and easily be hijacked by anyone if the user isn’t careful enough. A trick has been discovered recently that allows a person to take control of your WhatsApp account. This new trick involves using nothing else but the phone number of the […]
[Updated] A recent update in the instant messaging app WhatsApp has rolled out the WhatsApp voice calling feature to everyone. Now, Whatsapp has released the voice-calling feature for all Android users. To activate this feature, you’ll need version 2.11.561. from the Play Store or visit Whatsapp website for the version 2.12.7. WhatsApp is the world’s most […]
Uploading Photos on WhatsApp Web Risky as Privacy Lapses Discovered: WhatsApp Web: WhatsApp Web is a new service launched by WhatsApp. It allows users to sync their mobile and desktop devices with the messaging app. In its blogpost dated 21st January, 2015, WhatsApp announced the new web client and noted that WhatsApp Web “mirrors conversations […]
Last week WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app, came to web as WhatsApp Web, but it needs lots of improvements. An independent 17-year old security researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan found two security holes in WhatsApp Web bug and it exposes user’s privacy. First bug is called WhatsApp photo privacy bug and the second one is WhatsApp Web photo sync […]
Are you sick and tired of typing all those long Whatsapp texts on your phone? Here’s a good news for you. Whatsapp has finally released an official web version. There are some tricks and hacks to use the feature on your desktop and now Whatsapp is officially available on desktop. This is actually a web […]
WhatsApp has made its new option ”blue ticks” an indication that a WhatsApp message has been read. The feature, introduced just a couple of days ago, has been quite unpopular among its users for lack of privacy and to keep the nagging out. The option is available default; however, if the users wish they can […]