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WhatsApp working on multiple device support with chat sync
Facebook-owned WhatsApp appears to be working on new multiple device support with synchronized chat history. WABetaInfo reports that WhatsApp is testing the ability to use an account on multiple devices, including a separate iPad app. WhatsApp currently supports multiple devices through WhatsApp Web, which connects back to a phone account.
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WhatsApp Introduces Messenger Rooms Via Desktop App
WhatsApp has launched messenger rooms to connect with people virtually. You can access this functionality via desktop version app.
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WhatsApp is now delivering roughly 100 billion messages a day
WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging app owned by Facebook, is now delivering roughly 100 billion messages a day, the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said at the quarterly earnings call Thursday.
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Mandatory WhatsApp Privacy Policy Update Allows User Data to be Shared With Facebook
WhatsApp's latest terms and privacy policy allows the popular messaging app to share a significant amount of user data with Facebook (via XDA Developers).
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WhatsApp delays privacy changes following backlash
Facebook-owned WhatsApp said they would delay the rollout of a change to its data sharing practice and work to "clear up misinformation" around its privacy policy.
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Is it time to leave WhatsApp – and is Signal the answer?
Earlier this month, WhatsApp issued a new privacy policy along with an ultimatum: accept these new terms, or delete WhatsApp from your smartphone. But the new privacy policy wasn’t particularly clear, and it was widely misinterpreted to mean WhatsApp would be sharing more sensitive personal data with its parent company Facebook. Unsurprisingly, it prompted a fierce backlash, with many users threatening to stop using the service.
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WhatsApp Reveals What Happens to Users Who Don't Agree to Upcoming Privacy Policy Changes
WhatsApp has revealed how it will gradually cripple accounts held by users who do not accept the platform's impending privacy policy changes
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WhatsApp's new privacy policy is so bad it might be illegal
WhatsApp has been facing one hell of a backlash ever since it shared that it wanted to update its privacy policy with changes that would allow Facebook to aggregate all of its users' data across all of its services. And now, the company might be in for some regulatory issues, as well. A German privacy regulator (via Bloomberg) has opened proceedings to stop the company from moving forward with the privacy policy update.
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WhatsApp backtracks on threat to ban users that don't accept new privacy policy
WhatsApp users won't be banned outright but they will experience limited functionality
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Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data
The regulator suggested that the decision wasn’t just about protecting users' privacy but also to avoid the use of data "to influence voters' decisions to manipulate democratic choices", citing the upcoming 26 September parliamentary elections in Germany.
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Here's what will happen if you don't accept WhatsApp's new privacy policy
WhatsApp's has had a few eventful months following the introduction of an updated privacy policy back in January. The Facebook-owned messaging service
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WhatsApp reverses course, now won’t limit functionality if you don’t accept its new privacy policy
A change of plans.
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WhatsApp says accounts will soon be usable across up to four devices
WhatsApp has confirmed that its long-rumored multi-device support will be entering public beta in the coming months, allowing users to access their accounts from up to four linked devices. New “view once” and “disappearing mode” features were also officially announced. The news came in an interview between WABetaInfo and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and WhatsApp head Will Cathcart.
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WhatsApp launches privacy campaign after backlash
WhatsApp has launched its first major privacy-focused advertising campaign in the UK. It follows a customer backlash against changes to its terms and conditions, announced earlier this year. The platform also said it is standing firm against pressure from governments, including the UK, to compromise on the way that it encrypts messages.
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WhatsApp to let users message without their phones
For the first time, billions of people will be able to use the service even if their phone has no battery.
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WhatsApp blocks two million Indian accounts
WhatsApp has said it blocked over two million accounts in India in May and June for violating rules. The service said 95% of these users were blocked for violating the limits of the number of times messages can be forwarded in India. The submissions were made by WhatsApp in its first monthly compliance report under India's controversial new IT rules.
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WhatsApp for iPad coming as the company works on multi-device support 2.0
WhatsApp for iPad might finally be arriving after years of wait. According to WABetainfo, the company is working on multi-device support 2.0.
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WhatsApp messages are not end-to-end encrypted, claims ProPublica
Facebook has confirmed to me that all WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, and that a ProPublica report is based on an apparent misunderstanding. The report said that Facebook moderators were able to ‘examine users messages, images and videos.’ However, this is in fact possible only in one circumstance: when a message is reported …
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WhatsApp Moderators Can Read Your Messages
WhatsApp isn't the impenetrable private messaging service Facebook likes to claim, ProPublica finds.
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