These confusing and unclear terms on how our data is shared and used within the Facebook network has encouraged many people to leave WhatsApp, and switch to competing end-to-end encryption messaging apps.
Millions of people around the world, many Hongkongers among them, are considering dropping the encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp and switching instead to alternatives they believe offer better data and privacy protection following the announcement of changes to the way the app shares information with its parent ...
Popular messaging app -- WhatsApp will reportedly stop working on some Android phones and iPhones starting this week. WhatsApp is ending support for some of the old smartphone models starting December 31, 2022.
More secure: With growing worries about WhatsApp's privacy, Telegram has become a more secure platform. The app offers hidden or secret chats for people to discuss business and communicate within teams.
There are currently more than 2 billion WhatsApp users around the globe and rising (WhatsApp, 2020). With 1.5 billion in 2018 and 1 billion in 2016, the number of WhatsApp users has been increasing by half a billion every two years. It's even slowly inching towards that of the king of social media, Facebook.
The last time happened in October when WhatsApp revealed it will no longer support iPhone SE, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, as well as no less than 40 Android devices from Samsung, Huawei, LG, Sony, ZTE, HTC, Lenovo, and Alcatel.
In October 2021, Meta-owned platforms — Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — went down for about six hours after a major DNS failure.
How is Telegram Better than Whatsapp? Users are able to communicate with other users on telegram even if they don't have the contact number of others. This feature ensures the privacy of the user's contact number. Telegram offers limitless storage.
Development. Telegram was launched in 2013 by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov. Previously, the pair founded the Russian social network VK, which they left in 2014, saying it had been taken over by government. Pavel Durov sold his remaining stake in VK and left Russia after resisting government pressure.
Telegram is considered a safer and privacy-friendly app among many users compared to WhatsApp. However, Telegram lacks one key factor when it comes to securing user data and that's end-to-end encryption for chats. This means Telegram can access user chats stored on the server.
The only affected iPhones that WhatsApp currently works on are the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 5c, according to Metro. The Android list is far longer and contains a few phones from Samsung's Galaxy range, Sony's Xperia brand, and several from LG.
WhatsApp to stop working on iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c
As noted by GizChina, WhatsApp will stop working on nearly 50 different devices on December 31, 2022. Among all the devices on the list are the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c.
For those unaware, WhatsApp introduced the Delete for Everyone feature in 2018. At the time of the launch, the feature enabled users to delete or recall a message within 7 minutes of sending it.
(Pocket-lint) - WhatsApp will cease support for a selection of iPhones and Android handsets as we enter a new year. From 1 January 2023, 49 different devices will no longer get software updates from the Meta-owned company. They might not be able to access some features or the chat application might not work entirely.
Improving voice messages
Taking a cue from this, the messaging app launched new features in March 2022 to improve the WhatsApp voice message experience. These include: Out of chat playback: It helps you hear a voice message outside the chat, while you read and respond to other messages or multitask on your smartphone.
Pavel Durov, 37, is the founder and owner of messaging app Telegram. The billionaire has been called the "Mark Zuckerberg of Russia." Durov, who was born in St Petersburg in Soviet Russia, has a net worth of $15.1 billion, per Forbes.
Social media usage in Russia
Namely, over 14 million Russians are using Twitter, while the number of Instagram users in the country stood at nearly 64 million users in October 2022. Approximately 71 million Russians were also using Facebook as of August 2022.
Telegram gives you the possibility to create your own username so you can be found through its search engine. You only need to know people's username and you will find them in a few seconds. You can send videos, audios, texts, make unlimited video calls with many participants. All this on your cell phone or computer.
Researchers found that a combination of simplicity and security found in Telegram has provided a perfect communications hub for attackers: cybercriminals can message others individually or in groups, as well as receive or send large data files.
India was the leading market of Telegram by app downloads. Between January and August 2022, Indian users installed the messaging app approximately 70 million times. Russia ranked second, with over 24 million downloads over the observed period, while U.S. users installed the app 20 million times.
Regular chats on Telegram are not end-to-end encrypted, meaning third parties can intercept and read your messages. Telegram provides end-to-end encryption in its "secret chat option." However, if you're using Telegram across multiple budget Android phones, you won't be able to move secret chats between them.
As the year 2022 is coming to an end, WhatsApp is also ending support for some Android phones as well as a few iPhone models. While this should sound worrying, most users do not need to worry because the support that the messaging platform is ending is for phones running on old and outdated operating system.
WhatsApp is now working for the Android and iOS apps as well as via WhatsApp Web. Note that some users report that services are still not working on WhatsApp Web, but your phone app should be up and running.
Perhaps one the biggest controversy ever faced by WhatsApp is the hacking of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' account allegedly by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.