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WhatsApp is the most popular messaging tool worldwide, with over two billion users. While the main feature is texting, WhatsApp also allows you to post statuses, send voice messages, share locations and make voice and video calls. However, a scammer can easily download your profile picture (from WhatsApp) and use it with any other number, […]
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Amaravati: Nearly two months after it was believed that a man died of a natural death, WhatsApp chat revealed that his wife murdered him with the help of two youths. The bone-chilling crime came to light in Kakinada town of Andhra Pradesh. Police exhumed the body of public prosecutor Akbar Azam (50) and an autopsy was […]
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Mumbai: Mumbai Police Crime Branch detained a person from the Virar area late Saturday night in connection with a “26/11-like” terrorist attack threat message that was received by Mumbai traffic police. Mumbai Police is investigating a WhatsApp message warning of a “26/11-like” terror attack in the city received on the WhatsApp number of the Mumbai […]
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Mumbai: The Mumbai Police Traffic Control has received a message purportedly warning of another terror attack in the country’s commercial capital, officials said here on Saturday. The threats were in a WhatsApp message, ostensibly from a neighbourhood nation, though details of the sender or when the strikes will take place were not clear. The message also […]
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New Delhi: After iOS beta testing, Meta-owned WhatsApp has started testing screenshot blocking on Android beta now that will prevent users from taking screenshots to view once images and videos, the media reported. Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced three new privacy features on WhatsApp, giving users more control over their conversations and […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp’s new app on Windows no longer requires users to link their phones to send, receive, and sync messages. According to The Verge, an update on WhatsApp’s site revealed the refreshed Windows app is out of beta and available to download on the Microsoft Store. Previously, users on Windows had to download WhatsApp’s […]
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Hyderabad: The Meta-owned instant messaging platform, WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new feature named ‘Avatar profile photo.’ It enables users to put up an avatar as their profile photo. The new feature will enhance the overall user interface, as per the report by WaBetaInfo. However, there is no official confirmation on the release date. According […]
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Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters are now hacking WhatsApp mobile numbers of Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and sending requests for money to people on their contact lists in the guise of medical emergencies and other needs. According to the police, this new way of cheating by impersonation and fake WhatsApp accounts was becoming very common, with the […]
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These are the times when privacy is one of the hottest topics, and WhatsApp, one of the most popular means of communication, whether it is at work or for friends and family in India, has announced some changes aimed at better privacy. The first was a set of privacy features to give users more control […]
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San Francisco: With an aim to take on abusive messages, Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp will soon release a new feature that will allow group admins the ability to delete messages for everyone. According to WABetaInfo, the platform is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.22.17.12 […]
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Hyderabad: The Cyberabad She Teams attended 103 woman harassment complaints in the month of the July and the maximum complaints were received by the police through WhatsApp. The police booked 36 cases out of which nine were FIRs and the remaining petty cases were registered following the complaints. She Teams conducted 495 decoy operations at […]
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Hyderabad: Every time you shop on a popular e-commerce website, you are taking a major risk, if what the Cybercrime police here say based on recent cases is any indication. The data you enter, right from your address to bank account or payment details for net banking, is being put at the risk of being […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a feature that will let users keep disappearing messages even after their expiration. According to WABetaInfo report, the disappearing messages can be viewed within chat info in a new section called ‘Kept messages’, and all people in the conversation can open this section. When disappearing messages are […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will soon display past participants of group chat on the iOS platform. WhatsApp is working on letting users silently leave groups without notifying other group participants, except group admins. But all group members will still be able to see who leaves the group […]
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Jakarta: The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp in several days if they fail to register with the country’s Ministry of Communications and Informatics. The digital giants are given time until Wednesday to complete the registration for licensing. Otherwise, the ministry will name them […]
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Hyderabad: Fraudsters always seem to be keeping a close eye on the latest fad and staying abreast with emerging trends. Given the heavy reliance on WhatsApp to stay in touch with each other among families and friends, and also for sharing information and inputs in the official and professional sphere, criminals thriving in the cyberworld […]
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Meta-owned WhatsApp has recently found some fake versions of the application and therefore issued a strict warning to its users and requested them to not download and use such fake apps. According to Will Cathcart, the CEO of WhatsApp, users should not download these modified versions of WhatsApp since doing it might result in serious […]
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Hyderabad: A government official working with the Horticulture Department was duped of Rs.23.1 lakh allegedly in the guise of investment in a gold trading scheme in an online app in LB Nagar. The 30-year-old complainant from Chandrapuri Colony in Mansoorabad is currently posted at Nalgonda District. Police said the official was recently added by unidentified […]
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Hyderabad: From bank account details to QR Codes, and now even power bills, cunning fraudsters are turning everything they can into fodder to swindle people of their money. Recent cases in the city show that fraudsters are contacting customers posing as employees of the Electricity Board and duping them on the pretext of clearing pending […]
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Khammam: With torrential rains in upper catchment area and releasing of water from upstream projects water level in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in Kothagudem district has been rising steadily. Central Water Commission lower Godavari division has released an advisory forecast stating that the water in the river might reach the first warning level of 43 […]
