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95% Of WhatsApp Users In India Receive Pesky Messages Daily: LocalCircles Survey

Last Updated: February 23, 2023, 08:54 IST LocalCircles survey claims to have received over 51,000 responses from citizens located in 351 districts of India. An online survey conducted by LocalCircles in India has found that 95% of WhatsApp users surveyed receive one or more pesky messages each day, with 41% receiving four or more such …

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How To Use WhatsApp’s ‘Search By Date’ Feature To Find Specific Messages On iOS

Edited By: Shaurya Sharma Last Updated: January 28, 2023, 13:43 IST Search by date feature is now available on WhatsApp. WhatsApp’s ‘Search by date’ feature allows users to easily find old messages within their chats. This feature is included in the latest WhatsApp 23.1.75 update for iOS. WhatsApp has launched a new ‘Search by date’ …

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Supreme Court Rejects Facebook’s Plea to Dismiss CCI Probe Against WhatsApp

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy of 2021. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia said CCI is an independent authority …

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WhatsApp Reveals Critical Bug In Older Version; Here’s Why You Need To Update Your App Now

Last Updated: September 28, 2022, 11:27 IST WhatsApp users need to be on the latest version of WhatsApp to be safe from the vulnerability. (Representational Image: Reuters) The company also started testing secured and encrypted group video calls for up to 32 people on WhatsApp. Meta-owned WhatsApp has revealed a critical bug that could affect …

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Govt Suggests Putting WhatsApp, Zoom, More Under Telecom License Ambit, May Allow Interception of Calls

Toughening its stand against video communication and calling apps, the Centre has proposed to bring Meta-owned WhatsApp, Zoom, and Google Duo under the ambit of telecom license, as written in the draft of the Indian Telecommunication Bill 2022. The government has, however, proposed to give exemption to press messages that are intended to be published …

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Meta Partners With Salesforce For Bringing Businesses On WhatsApp

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a partnership with software company Salesforce where companies on their platform can use WhatsApp business messages to answer customer questions, run marketing campaigns and sell directly in chat. “More and more people prefer to communicate with businesses over text. That’s why we launched our Cloud API …

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WhatsApp Working on In-App Surveys, Ability to Text Yourself: Reports

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new in-app survey chat feature that the Meta-owned platform plans to use for getting feedback on new features, products, and more. WhatsApp would supposedly send users a request for a secure chat while asking for feedback. As per the report, users will have the option to decline such requests …

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WhatsApp to Soon Let Group Admins Approve, Reject New Members: Report

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that would give more control and power to group admins. The Meta-owned instant messaging app could soon add a new option called ‘Approve new participants’ that will allow group admins to determine who can join the group. It would make it easier for group admins to ensure …

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Meta’s Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report Highlights How Cyberthreat Actors Snooping on Indians

Meta has released its ‘Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report’ in which the company highlighted two cyber espionage operations, conducted by threat actors Bitter APT and APT36, targeting people from India as well as other countries. As per Meta, the report provides a comprehensive perspective of the threats that the company has detected across many policy infractions, …

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