As seen in the image above, usernames will take up the phone number's space in individual contacts' contact information ...

WhatsApp users have suddenly been warned that its security has been seriously compromised, and that a flaw in its encryption may have exposed their data. And separately, Elon Musk has also just ...

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Nidhi,* a 26-year-old from India's capital city, New Delhi, was once very close to her uncle, but after he started forwarding anti-Muslim messages containing misinformation in their family's group ...

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A tactic used by a growing number of scammers is to impersonate help centres in order to trick victims into sharing their screens via WhatsApp. By doing so, they can obtain sensitive information like ...