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Criminals might use ‘GhostPairing’ to hijack your WhatsApp account – here’s how to stop them
By James Rogerson published
'GhostPairing' could give criminals access to your WhatsApp account, but there are ways to prevent this happening.

Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
By Chiara Castro published
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK

Three billion WhatsApp users are at risk - an expert has developed a tool that could spy on everyone, and you would never know about it
By Efosa Udinmwen published
A proof-of-concept tool exploits messaging app receipts to silently track behavior, drain batteries, and increase mobile data usage.

Meta promises to reduce data sharing for EU users by 2026 to avoid EU GDPR fines
By Craig Hale published
After being hit with a €200 million DMA fine in the EU, Meta has agreed to change its ads policy.

Certain Windows 11 apps are RAM hoggers, and it's discovered at a bad time
By Isaiah Williams published
Amid a RAM crisis, Discord and a few other applications using Chromium and the Electron framework are causing RAM spikes for PC users.

EU launches antitrust investigation into Meta’s WhatsApp AI access policy
By Craig Hale published
Europe (and Italy) is worried about WhatsApp’s AI policy and its effects on competition.

Meta is kicking ChatGPT and Copilot out of WhatsApp
By Alex Blake published
ChatGPT and Copilot will leave WhatsApp in 2026 after Meta banned rival chatbots from its app.

WhatsApp security flaw lets experts scrape 3.5 billion user numbers - here's what we know, and how to stay safe
By Efosa Udinmwen published
Study finds WhatsApp contact-discovery flaw allowed scraping of 3.5 billion accounts, exposing metadata and encryption key reuse.
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