It’s happened. In a manner of speaking. Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is currently testing the ability to share statuses — those Facebook-like, limited-time messages — with other apps. Including Facebook and Instagram. What could possible go wrong?
WhatsApp may be expiring for some users, but those folks without worries on that front still have something to worry about. Certain versions of the app are vulnerable to an exploit that installs spyware, developed by Israeli outfit NSO Group according to reports. And the nasty part is the penetration method — WhatsApp can be infected with nothing more than a missed call.
It’s a fact that just about all the tech we make use of will eventually become obsolete. Unless you’re the US Military or NASA, in which case you’ll be using the same operating systems long after the rest of us are done. Hey, some of those probes were programmed in the 1970s — doubtful there’s gonna be an OS update for those things. WhatsApp is moving at a bit of a faster clip, though. Several older versions will soon see no further updates, which means the service will likely stop working.
This week at the F8 developer conference, we saw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg announce updates to the company’s three core platforms, AI developments and VR.
If you’ve opted to get a Nokia 8110 4G, whether for actual day-to-day use or purely for nostalgia, you can now download WhatsApp on it.
WhatsApp is reportedly testing a feature that’ll block users from taking screen shots in-app to increase security for users and stop people sharing private conversations.
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned instant messaging service will now give users the option to control who adds them to groups.
If you want a good picture of what Facebook seems to be pivoting itself to become, start using that great everything app WeChat.
South Africans tend to think of it as just a messaging app, an alternative to WhatsApp.
Zuckerberg aims to make private messages private and ephemeral – meaning Facebook can’t read our messages, and the data doesn’t stick around on the company’s servers for longer than necessary. His vision involves merging Facebook and the company’s other digital platforms – Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger – into a super app, similar to China’s WeChat.
The messaging service, WhatsApp, is working on a feature that’ll allow users to do reverse-image searches. This will hopefully help combat fake news — something WhatsApp has struggled with in the recent past.