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WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram faced a widespread outage yesterday with users from around the world reporting issues with sending messages on WhatsApp and Messenger, posting feeds on Facebook...

The Face ID and Touch ID authentication feature introduced recently to WhatsApp for iOS can be easily bypassed, but a patch has been released. read more

Facebook Promises Quick Patch for Face ID and Touch ID Bypassing ProblemFacebook says it will soon issue a patch for a bug in its WhatsApp messenger application that can circumvent a security...

Facebook Says Problem Will Be Patched SoonFacebook says it will soon issue a patch for a bug in its WhatsApp messenger application that can circumvent a security feature launched just last month...

Should we cheer for WhatsApp-esque, end-to-end encryption everywhere, or tremble at creeping Facebookism?

The New York Times has default end-to-end encryption, Facebook Messenger The post Facebook plans to integrate WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram appeared first on Help Net Security.

Takeover leads to consolidation? Unfathomable (adjusted for sarcasm) Analysis In an unprecedented decision that has left tech observers struggling to contain their shock, Facebook has decided to...

WhatsApp, the popular messaging application that has roughly 1.5 billion users, now only allows messages to be forwarded to a maximum of 5 people in an effort to block attempts to abuse the...

WhatsApp has capped the number of people you can forward messages to, after India was seized by rumour-inspired mob lynchings.

Abby Fuller got a shock when she logged into WhatsApp using a new telephone number. She found someone else’s messages waiting for her.