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In May 2012 security researchers noticed that new updates of WhatsApp sent messages with encryption, [40] [41] [42] but described the cryptographic method used as "broken." [43] [44] In August of the same year, the WhatsApp support staff stated that messages sent in the "latest version" of the WhatsApp software for iOS and Android (but not BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and Symbian) were encrypted ...
WhatsApp (officially WhatsApp Messenger) is an instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by technology conglomerate Meta. [13] It allows users to send text, voice messages and video messages, [14] make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
On April 5, 2016, WhatsApp and Open Whisper Systems announced that they had finished adding end-to-end encryption to "every form of communication" on WhatsApp, and that users could now verify each other's keys. [27] [28] In February 2017, WhatsApp announced a new feature, WhatsApp Status, which uses the Signal Protocol to secure its contents. [29]
WhatsApp has long shown “online” and “last seen” information at the top of a chat bar, which allows people to see when others are currently in the app or when they last opened it.
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WhatsApp's user base swells to about 200 million active users and its staff to 50. [2] 2013: July: Funding: Sequoia invests another $50 million in Series B round, valuing WhatsApp at $1.5 billion. [9] 2013: July 16: Product: WhatsApp goes free, with an annual subscription fee of $1 after the first year. [10] [11] 2013: August: Competition