APP: The instant messaging application WhatsApp has decided, as usual, to end support for older devices and operating systems Periodically, WhatsApp, like other apps, stops supporting older smartphones and operating systems. As of December 31, the popular messaging app will no longer work on an additional 49 older devices, reports Phonandroid. Most date from around 10 years ago. For iPhones, the iPhone 5 and […]
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MONEY: Some employees fear that the use of cryptocurrency may serve illegal activities First in the number of downloads from the Apple Store, Signal is currently developing cryptocurrency payment solutions, Clubic reports. Experiments based on MobileCoin (MOB) are underway. It is a cryptocurrency built on the Stellar blockchain, designed to make payments simple, secure and potentially impossible to trace can we read on Platformer. […]
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PRIVATE LIFE: Secure messaging app, Signal, tops downloads on Apple Store and Google Play platforms in several countries The secure messaging application is booming! Since its competitor WhatsApp warned Thursday that it would share more data with its parent company Facebook, Signal has been at the top of downloads on the Apple Store and Google Play platforms in several countries. […]
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WhatsApp will require its users to share their data with entities of the Facebook group. Me Merav Griguer, lawyer and teacher at Sciences-Po and Assas, deciphers the main issues of this regulatory change for users Whatsapp messaging usage data will be collected and shared from February 8th by the parent company Facebook. This decision, announced Thursday […]
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UPDATE: The iPhone 4 and lower as well as smartphones running Android 4.0.3 and earlier will no longer be able to use all messaging services Some people may have to ask for a new smartphone at Christmas. In 2021, some phones running outdated versions of iOS and Android will no longer be able to access WhatsApp, reports Phonandroid . The Facebook group’s messaging app has a habit of […]
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PERSONAL DATA: Users will have until the 8th February 2021 to validate the new terms of use, otherwise they will no longer be able to use the WhatsApp application. Take it or leave it. At the start of 2021, WhatsApp will change the conditions of use of its services, and in particular, the way in which the application processes users’ personal […]
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ECONOMY: This virtual Facebook currency will not look like it originally intended Announced in June 2019, the cryptocurrency imagined by Facebook would finally be ready to be launched, assures the Financial Times. Libra could indeed make its appearance in January 2021, after having faced many obstacles. Unexpected events that had a direct impact on the Facebook project. In the end, the Libra will not quite […]
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SOCIAL NETWORKS: Messenger Rooms is the new video conferencing service from Facebook. Video calls can accommodate up to 50 people, and last as long as desired Facebook responds to the competition. With confinement, videoconferences have multiplied in the world of work but also among individuals. To counter the expansion of Zoom or Teams, video software that has conquered millions of confined users, Facebook […]
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CYBERSECURITY: WhatsApp links generated to invite other users to a conversation have been indexed by search engines, thus becoming visible to all. Private conversations on WhatsApp may not really be… Several media outlets in recent days have exposed a huge scandal linked to the privacy of hundreds of thousands of email users belonging to Facebook. Search engines, including Google or Bing, […]
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MESSAGING: WhatsApp’s decision on older versions of Android will be effective on February 1st WhatsApp has just announced on its blog that it will stop working on several Android smartphones at the end of January 2020. A decision that mainly concerns older versions of the Google operating system. On its blog, WhatsApp indicates that Android devices running version […]
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