Here you will find all the articles with the tag: whatsapp.
The new feature allows users to administer several groups at once, and will be available both on iOS and Android. WhatsApp for iOS just released a new update for public beta testers. With that, WABetaInfo has been able to discover more about the upcoming Community feature. The publication also s... Read more
2 years ago
Kustomer offers CRM solutions that help businesses communicate with consumers easily via emails, calls, and even Whatsapp Facebook announced a deal with Kustomer in November 2020, stating that it will help them scale up Whatsapp, which has seen a rise in post-pandemic usage. On the other hand, t... Read more
2 years ago
WhatsApp announced it will offer its users end-to-end encrypted backups later this year. Users will be able to choose how the encryption key is stored. The simplest storage form is for users to store the random 64-digit key themselves just like how Signal handles backups. The users would need to... Read more
3 years ago
Facebook's WhatsApp was fined a record $266 million by the Irish data protection regulator on Thursday after pressure from the EU privacy watchdog to raise the penalty for the company's breaches. WhatsApp said the fine was too high and that it would appeal. The Irish fine is significantly less t... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union's privacy watchdog, EDPB, gave the Irish data protection agency a month to decide a long-delayed case on compliance by WhatsApp. The other agencies rejected the Irish watchdog's draft findings and fines, prompting the ultimatum on Wednesday. The Irish agency, which leads overs... Read more
3 years ago
A coalition of human rights organisations is asking European lawmakers to set strict rules for WhatsApp and Skype. The organisations believe that some countries in the EU are weakening privacy rights. The coalition consists of thirty human rights organisations, including Amnesty International an... Read more
3 years ago
A newly-discovered flaw in the Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp can allow an attacker to suspend your account, using just your phone number. The proof-of-concept of this attack was developed by Luis Márquez Carpintero and Ernesto Canales Pereña. It involves some pretty simple steps, where... Read more
3 years ago
WhatsApp may face one of the biggest GDPR fines ever. The European Union is investigating whether the chat app broke any laws by not providing enough transparency about what happens to the data in the app. The fine could be between 30 and 50 million euros, writes Politico. According to the prose... Read more
3 years ago
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Saturday that the long-running investigation of Facebook and WhatsApp's conduct in the European Union, concerning transparency of data-sharing between the two platforms, is headed for a resolution. In what many are saying is a significant... Read more
3 years ago
Tech giants file "friend of the court" brief that describes the Israeli firm as a menace. Tech giants including Microsoft and Google joined Facebook’s legal battle against hacking company NSO, according to Reuters. The firms filed an amicus brief in federal court that claimed NSO's tools were ... Read more
3 years ago
