Category WhatsApp

We have seen some horrible media practices, but this one? This may be one of the worst because it was done knowing full well the absolute hell that would come for the victims. Following the 10/7 attack, a large group…

As WhatsApp usage continues to rise, particularly in Western markets, Meta’s slowly trying to integrate more functionality into the app, with a view to eventually facilitating a broader set of functions and options within your message streams. Meta’s latest focus…

Whenever we talk about end-to-end encrypted data, we’re usually talking about messaging apps like iMessage, Signal, WhatsApp, and Google’s RCS. But plenty of other data is encrypted to ensure attackers can’t access it. Think of data in transit from your…

Representative Ilhan Omar’s Democratic primary opponent Don Samuels has had quite the week leading up to polls opening in Minnesota on Tuesday—including openly courting Republican voters and getting caught possibly breaking campaign finance laws. In a WhatsApp group chat titled…

Universal Music Group and Meta have inked an expanded licensing deal. Photo Credit: Dima Solomin Universal Music Group (UMG) has inked an “expanded global agreement” – including a framework for addressing “unauthorized AI-generated content” – with Facebook and Instagram parent…

Meta and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced on Monday the expansion of their multi-year music licensing agreement, which enables users to share songs from UMG’s music library across Meta’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Horizon, Threads and WhatsApp) without violating copyright.  What’s…

As the most popular messaging app in the world, millions of people depend on WhatsApp to deliver messages to friends, coworkers, acquaintances, and loved ones daily. According to WhatsApp, the messaging service recently crossed the 100 million user threshold in the…

In addition to the bans announced in the last week of July, Bangladesh announced fresh bans on TikTok and YouTube this Friday. It all started on July 17 when mobile internet was disabled in response to the growing protests against…

A security issue in the latest version of WhatsApp for Windows allows sending Python and PHP attachments that are executed without any warning when the recipient opens them. For the attack to be successful, Python needs to be installed, a…

Founders of Pesa, a remittance fintech, know too well how costly, inaccessible and unreliable remittance services drive people to opt for risky informal channels —  like WhatsApp groups  — to transfer money.  Their firsthand experience using informal channels and realizing…