WhatsApp Founder Admits to Selling Users’ Privacy to Facebook

WhatsApp Founder Admits to Selling Users’ Privacy to Facebook

When WhatsApp sold its giant messaging platform to Facebook for $22 billion, “I sold my users’ privacy,” one of the company’s co-founders said. WhatsApp founder Mike Acton has opened up about some of the moral struggles he has faced since selling the encrypted messaging app to Facebook, a company that makes money by collecting information on its users and selling that…

India Doesn’t Have a Whatsapp Problem – India Has a Hindutva Problem

India Doesn’t Have a Whatsapp Problem – India Has a Hindutva Problem

India has been facing a manifold crisis in which religious and ethnic minority groups and Dalits (those whose historic caste was that of untouchability) are facing a wave of sexual and physical violence as well as violence against their property and livelihoods. Recently, a series of rumours spread on messenger apps including and especially Whatsapp have…

India’s WhatsApp Mob Lynchings Might Turn Its “Democracy” into a Dystopia

India’s WhatsApp Mob Lynchings Might Turn Its “Democracy” into a Dystopia

The “world’s largest democracy” might descend even further into dystopia than it already is if the government exploits the recent spree of WhatsApp mob lynchings to censor social media, weaponize crowd control tactics, and then unleash millions of future militiamen against so-called “anti-national” groups. Indian “Democracy” Takes Off Its Mask India has been hit by…

Fake WhatsApp.com URL Gets Users to Install Adware

Fake WhatsApp.com URL Gets Users to Install Adware

Next time someone links you to whatsapp.com, make sure you take a second look. There’s some adware currently circulating around the web by tricking users to visit a ‘шһатѕарр.com’ domain instead. Yes, those are different URLs – the fake URL uses characters from the Cyrillic alphabet. As spotted by redditor u/yuexist, the site promises to let…

WhatsApp, Telegram ‘Severe’ Security Flaw Pinpointed Following #Vault7 Release

WhatsApp, Telegram ‘Severe’ Security Flaw Pinpointed Following #Vault7 Release

A flaw in popular messenger apps WhatsApp and Telegram, which could allow hackers to gain access to hundreds of millions of accounts using the very encryption software designed to keep them out, has been discovered by cyber security firm Check Point. A flaw in popular messenger apps WhatsApp and Telegram, which could allow hackers to…

From WhatsApp to Hawala, How the Taliban Moves Money Around

From WhatsApp to Hawala, How the Taliban Moves Money Around

The Taliban has been trying to fundraise on the internet longer than Afghanistan’s current government has existed. In recent years, however, the insurgents have turned to internet messaging platforms secured by end-to-end encryption, such as Telegram, Viber, and WhatsApp, to solicit donations. On September 9, the Taliban posted a statement to its English Telegram channel…