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Pegasus spyware: Bhima-Koregaon activists' lawyer got warning from WhatsApp

Nihalsing Rathod says he was first contacted by CitizenLab researchers, who have done work on Pegasus, and then later by WhatsApp about his phone being compromised.

Year in review: CAA, Article 370 flavoured up social media in 2019

Indians are creating and consuming content on their mobile phones -- right from TikTok videos and Netflix shows to news reports shared by friends and family members on various WhatsApp groups

New WhatsApp bug crashes users' group chats, deletes history forever

The company issued a fix to resolve the issue which is available since WhatsApp version number 2.19.58

Federal Trade Commission may ban integrating Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger

Facebook's plan behind stitching the technical infrastructure of the messaging services it owns is to allow its 2.7 billion users seamlessly communicate across the platforms.

Pricing power

Telcos should not give up freedom to set tariffs

Snooping on citizens without sanction is illegal: Justice B N Srikrishna

Main architect of India's privacy bill says use of spyware like Pegasus can be legally challenged

Snooping row: Parliamentary standing committee on IT summons WhatsApp

The committee would likely discuss the issue of citizens' snooping by exploiting vulnerability in WhatsApp through Israel-based company NSO Group's Pegasus software

Why are Kashmiris disappearing from WhatsApp amid internet shutdown?

The locals who disappeared from the platform have long been active participants in Whatsapp groups sharing news and updates. No one was quite sure of what was happening

'No democracy without dissent', lynchings must stop: celebrities to PM Modi

They also regretted that 'Jai Shri Ram' has been reduced to a 'provocative war cry' and alleged the prime minister's inaction on the issue.

Is WhatsApp unsafe to use? A peep into the world of Pegasus attack

Many controversies and questions later, here are things you might have wanted to know but couldn't find an answer

WhatsApp spying row: We've sent notice to Israel's Pegasus, says Prasad

Govt has asked for an audit of WhatsApp security and systems, according to IT minister

At least half billion new users to log in internet by 2022: Omidyar report

Omidyar Network India report sees structural changes for future e-commerce

Experts seek clarity on data protection bill amid WhatsApp spyware row

Experts demanded clarification in several areas of ambiguity that exists in the draft Personal Data Protection Bill

WhatsApp didn't inform govt about vulnerability in their system: Prasad

The minister also said digital players must erect appropriate security walls or be ready to face action

Pegasus-WhatsApp spying: Digvijaya asks govt to come clean, demands JPC

In a scathing attack, the veteran Congress leader said that the government had procured Pegasus as part of an organised plan and used it illegally

After WhatsApp snooping row, now Google warned 12,000 users

According to a recent report 'Phishing - Baiting the Hook' by Akamai, Microsoft, PayPal, DHL, and Dropbox were the top targeted brands when it came to phishing

After WhatsApp row, Google warned 500 Indians of 'govt-backed' hacking

The affected users were spread across 149 countries, and the number was similar to (up or down 10 per cent) the number of warnings sent in the same period of 2018 and 2017

WhatsApp to soon add self-destruct feature to automatically delete messages

The feature will be initially available for group chats only and can be enabled by the group's administrators

WhatsApp set to invest $250,000 into India's start-up ecosystem

Will provide 500 start-ups approved by DPIIT with $500 each of Facebook ad credits

Flipkart unfazed as Google, WhatsApp plan to enter e-commerce market

Both Google and Facebook-owned WhatsApp are working with small sellers and merchants to help them set up their digital stores