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WhatsApp urges its users to update the app

Written by on 15 May 2019

WhatsApp has urged its 1.5 billion users to upgrade the app after the Facebook-owned platform discovered a vulnerability that allowed spyware to be installed on users’ phones via the app’s phone call function. The spyware was allegedly developed by a cyber intelligence company NSO Group, reports the Financial Times. The vulnerability leveraged a bug in […]

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Whatsapp introduces new privacy settings on group chats

Written by on 4 April 2019

WhatsApp announced a new privacy setting and Group invite system to give users more control over who could add them to a Group. On the Privacy menu under Groups, users would get three options to select from – ‘Nobody’, ‘My Contacts’ or ‘Everyone’. “The ‘Nobody’ option means you’ll have to approve joining every group to […]

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