WhatsApp update adds ‘secret codes’ for chats
The Independent via Yahoo Finance· 2 hours agoWhatsApp has added “secret codes” for chats, allowing them to be locked and hidden. Instead, they can only be found by typing that code into the search...
There’s a new way to keep your WhatsApp chats hidden and private
Daily Express· 2 hours agoToday, WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature for the app on Android and iOS called Secret Code for...
France's government ministers to ditch using WhatsApp for French app Olvid over security fears
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoFrench ministers are being advised to stop using WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal in favour of French...
French ministers banned from using WhatsApp
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 4 hours agoFrench ministers have been ordered to ditch WhatsApp for a homegrown alternative in a push for “technological sovereignty”. Prime minister Élisabeth...
WhatsApp now lets you hide your locked chats behind a secret code
The Verge· 1 hour agoAs shown in the below example provided by Meta, you can use letters, numbers, special characters, and even emoji in your secret code. All you have to do is type that password into the WhatsApp search bar to find your locked chats.
Meta asks appeals court to tell FTC it cannot reopen privacy case
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 42 minutes agoMeta Platforms, which owns WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, filed a lawsuit asking an appeals court...
Matt Hancock giving evidence at Covid inquiry
BBC via AOL· 3 hours agoHowever he accused Ms Oakeshott of a "massive betrayal and breach of trust" after she released 100,000 WhatsApp messages linked to Mr Hancock's time as...
Turtle Beach is launching a wireless controller for Xbox that has hall effect sticks, rear buttons...
Windows Central· 3 hours agoThe controller has an onboard screen that shows social notifications from your phone like WhatsApp,...
WhatsApp's desktop app now lets you send self-destructing photos and videos
TechRadar· 1 day agoMeta is rolling out a View Once feature to WhatsApp on desktop and web allowing users to send out...
Essex lorry deaths: Caolan Gormley jailed for trafficking offence
BBC via Yahoo News· 10 minutes agoDet Ch Insp Louise Metcalfe, from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, has described the...