On occasion we have received comments from our readers describing situations in the functioning of WhatsApp that does not correspond with what was expected.
Some users observe that other people remain “Online” for a long time but when they send them messages, they are left with the simple mark, indicating that they have not received them.
Finally, the expected video chat feature is now available in the world’s most widely used instant messaging application, WhatsApp.
In an official statement published on their blog, Whatsapp announces the official deployment of this feature:
“Over the years we have received many messages from our users requesting video calls and we are excited to finally be able to offer this capability to the world …”
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QR codes are something like square labels made up of a cloud of dots that we’ve all certainly seen already. They contain codified information of different types and that we can only read through programs or applications designed for it.
They are known as QR because of the term “Quick Response”. They were created in Japan in 1994 and it is there where they are used massively and for the longest time. But they also appear here in many places and because they are so versatile and easy to read, they are used for very different purposes.
75% of parents do not have any type of parental control of their children’s cell phones, despite the fact that 31% are concerned that their child may make improper use of this device, according to a survey made to our readers in this same Blog.
Around 29% of parents buy their children their first ‘smartphone’ before age 12, which shows that children depend, increasingly from younger ages, on this type of device. This multiplies the importance of “accompanying” them in their use to increase their security.
There are frequent inquiries that our readers make about the possible espionage on their own mobile phones. They ask us through the comments of our blog and through the form Ask what you want and often tell us stories related to jealousy that, founded or unfounded, lead to situations of distrust and possible espionage.
For some weeks now, we have all been getting a notification in WhatsApp chats that announces the new security measures that the service has implemented to prevent third parties from intercepting and reading our messages.
Now all conversations are transmitted securely, that is, encrypted and can only be read by the sending and receiving devices. For it to work, both phones must have the application updated to the latest versions and in the case of groups, all its components must already have the latest versions installed. That is why notifications have been appearing gradually advising of “end-to-end encryption”, and it is even possible that in some chat or group it has not appeared yet.
This post has its origin in the consultations made by our readers through the comments of our articles and also through our service Ask what you want…
For example…
When someone creates a WhatsApp group they become “the administrator” of that group and acquire certain privileges that should be known:
Recently a new feature has been included in the Facebook application for mobile devices. It is about the possibility of constantly sharing our location on the social network. It is called Close friends and we can configure it so that other users see our position in an approximate or precise manner.
A few months ago it appeared for users from other countries, as is the case of the USA, but it is now when it has been deployed in our country. If it does not yet appear on a phone, it may be necessary to check if we have a properly updated version.
The tool that allows us to use Whatsapp on a computer is great and very functional. We can perform almost any action of this application but with the convenience of a larger screen and the use of the keyboard and mouse.
But Whatsapp Web, which is how the tool is known, can become a major problem for our privacy if we do not manage it correctly.
Online purchasing on Internet sites continues to increase, each year being much higher than the previous in sales volume and the number of people who rely on these services is increasing.
But the boom in Internet sales has also increased the number of fraudulent pages that only seek to cheat the unsuspecting buyer who lets himself be tempted by low prices without paying attention to other signals that should make him distrust.
The globalization provided by the Internet makes it possible for us to see pages with a reliable appearance and with habitual products as if they were from our country but which are actually being offered from any remote place in the world.
