New Delhi: As Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group this week that exploited its video calling system to snoop on 1,400 selected users globally, the micro-blogging platform confirmed on Thursday that Indian human rights activists and journalists were among those targeted by the spyware. Earlier, multiple media reports said those targeted in […]
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With no office, Congress runs on WhatsApp in Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur: The Congress insists that it would reclaim its lost ground before the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, but the party first needs to find some ground for itself. The Congress does not have an office in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, and functions through WhatsApp. The party leaders said that they had […]
SMS, WhatsApp chats hint at nexus in terror funding case: NIA
New Delhi: SMS and WhatsApp chat records recovered during probe reveal the nexus between the accused, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said in its chargesheet filed on Friday in connection with the terror funding case involving separatist leader Yasin Malik and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. “There was recovery of various SMSs, e-mails, WhatsApp chats and […]
New WhatsApp bug may steal files, messages with GIFs
San Francisco: A security bug has been found in Facebook-owned instant messenger WhatsApp that could let attackers to obtain access to a device and steal data by sending a malicious GIF file. The danger stems from a double-free bug in WhatsApp, according to a researcher going by the nickname Awakened, The Next Web reported on […]
WhatsApp working on feature to help you self-destruct posts
San Francisco: WhatsApp is testing a key feature to give its users an ability to self-destruct their messages after a set period of time. The developers have seen the feature that allows users to set their messages to self-destruct in the recently released public beta version of WhatsApp for Android a” dubbed as “v2.19.275”. According […]
WhatsApp to stop working on these iPhones from Feb 1, 2020
New Delhi: iPhone users who have not upgraded to a new version of the operating system for long — there is one more reason to do so. If WhatsApp is currently active on your iOS 8 device, you will be able to use it only until February 1, 2020, according to an update from the […]
WhatsApp to stop working on these iPhones from Feb 1, 2020
New Delhi: iPhone users who have not upgraded to a new version of the of the operating system for long — there is one more reason to do so. If WhatsApp is currently active on your iOS 8 device, you will be able to use it only until February 1, 2020, according to an update from […]
How WhatsApp was extensively abused during India elections
New Delhi: Despite WhatsApp’s efforts to reduce the spread of fake news by limiting the number of forwards to five, the platform was extensively abused to spread unfounded rumours and create misinformation campaigns during recent elections in India and Brazil, a study has revealed. Facebook-owned WhatsApp particularly failed in blocking the propagation of misinformation campaigns […]
UP: Professor who gave triple talaq to wife on WhatsApp booked for raping her
Aligarh: A professor in Aligarh, who was accused of announcing triple talaq to wife on WhatsApp, has now been booked for allegedly raping his estranged wife, police said. An FIR was registered on Wednesday against the 58-year-old professor under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint filed by […]
Children drop out of schools as child lifting rumours fly in UP
Banda (Uttar Pradesh): Reports on WhatsApp about child lifting that are linked to organ trade, have created panic in Banda district of the state. Parents have stopped sending children to school and keep them inside the house. ‘Khabar Lahariya’ a local daily carried out a multi-district investigation and found that strangers, elders and mentally challenged […]