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WhatsApp is adding ads to the Status screen

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-03-14 04:00:00

After years of providing free services without any bells attached, WhatsApp is now going to start showing ads on the popular chat app. To be clear, users will only see ads on the Status screen — the app’s take on Instagram’s Stories. So just like you see an ad after watching a few stories on Instagram, you will see ads on WhatsApp after you’ve scrolled through a few Status updates. The company said that its ad mechanism uses signals like users’ country or city, language, and the channels they’

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How to set up a WhatsApp account without Facebook or Instagram

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-14 12:00:24

There's no shortage of reasons to stay off the Meta ecosystem, which includes Facebook and Instagram, but there are some places where WhatsApp remains the main form of text-based communication. The app is a great alternative to SMS, since it offers end-to-end encryption and was one of the go-to methods to send uncompressed photos and videos between iPhone and Android users before Apple adopted RCS. Even though Facebook, which later rebranded to Meta, acquired WhatsApp in 2014, it doesn't require

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WhatsApp tells BBC it backs Apple in legal row with UK over user data

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-03-18 20:01:09

WhatsApp tells BBC it backs Apple in legal row with UK over user data 12 hours ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman • @zsk Technology editor Share Save Getty Images WhatsApp has told the BBC it is supporting fellow tech giant Apple in its legal fight against the UK Home Office over the privacy of its users' data. The messaging app's boss, Will Cathcart, said the case "could set a dangerous precedent" by "emboldening other nations" to seek to break encryption, which is how tech firms keep customers' in

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Russian Groups Target Signal Messenger in Spy Campaign

darkreading.com Jai Vijayan 2025-11-12 14:21:28

Multiple Russia-aligned threat groups are actively targeting the Signal Messenger application of individuals likely to exchange sensitive military and government communications related to the country's war with Ukraine. For now, the activity appears limited to persons of interest to Russia's intelligence services, according to researchers at Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), who spotted it recently. But the tactics the threat actors are using in the campaign could well serve as a bluep

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