Whatsapp Security Problem

A security problem in WhatsApp means that anyone can see users' profile photos, even if they have been set to be viewable to friends only, according to security researchers.

The problem, which was found by 17-year-old security researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan, seems to be a result of the phone app not being properly synced with the new web interface.

Users are able to set WhatsApp so that it only shares their profile photo with people they have as contacts. But the bug allows people to get around that and see the profile photos of strangers.

The web app also allows users to see photos that have since been deleted. On the phone app, those photos get blurred out — but on the web they seem to remain clearly forever.

Security expert Graham CluleyGraham Cluley said, “Sure, it’s not the most serious privacy breach that has ever occurred, but that’s missing the point. The fact of the matter is that WhatsApp users chose to keep their profile photos private, and their expectation is that WhatsApp will honour their choices and only allow their photos to be viewable by those who the user has approved.”

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What is web version of Whatsapp?

What is Whatsapp web?

WhatsApp Web is a computer based extension of the WhatsApp account on your phone. The messages you send and receive are fully synced between your phone and your computer, and you can see all messages on both devices.

Now Whatsapp on Desktop Computers

WhatsApp announced the launch of WhatsApp Web on Wednesday, finally enabling the use of the popular messaging app on desktop computers. While the solution isn't cross-platform and feels like a hack at first glance, it works surprisingly well.

WhatsApp is now accessible both on your phone and your computer. WhatsApp Web is a computer based extension of the WhatsApp account on your phone.

The messages you send and receive are fully synced between your phone and your computer, and you can see all messages on both devices.

Any action you take on the phone will apply to WhatsApp Web and vice versa.

The service works by opening the latest version of WhatsApp, selecting WhatsApp Web and scanning a QR code on the company’s website.

What is QR Code?

A machine-readable code consisting of an array of black and white squares, typically used for storing URLs or other information for reading by the camera on a smartphone.

How to Start Using WhatsAppWeb?

Step 1 : You need to have a stable internet connection on both your phone and your computer.
Step 2 : In Your Phone Update your Whats App to Latest Version
Step 3 :Then In Computer Install Chrome Browser and Visit web.whatsapp.com.Then you will see QR code on that page.(See the Following figure for more understanding)

Step 4: Next Open WhatsApp on your phone and go to Menu > WhatsApp Web .Then it will start searching the QR code part
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Step 5: Scan the QR Code on your computer .Once scan completes you can start access your whatsapp from your computer.

For most devices the menu button is a physical button on your phone. It is not part of the screen. The icon for the menu button will look different on different phones. Here are a few examples of what the menu button could look like:

For Android 4.0

For Android 4.2

Phone without Menu option Models/

Limitations for whats App Web

1)This service supports only on Chrome Browser
2)WhatsApp Web is available only for Android, Windows Phone, Nokia S60, BlackBerry and BB10 smartphones.

Videos for WhatsApp Web

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1c9MipETlc

Whatsapp Share Button For a Website

Many a times user open our website on Mobile Device and we want to provide a mechanism by which user can share your post his/her whatsapp network.

Here is the code/steps for the whatsapp sharing for your website

Step 1: Check if it is mobile device

Step 2: If it is mobile device add the following html code

<a href="whatsapp://send?text=Your Test along with your URL">

<img src="Whats App Sharing Image" alt="Whatsapp Share Button" title="Share on Whatsapp">

</a>

And you are done.

Above code is working on QueryHome

Voice Call Feature in WhatsApp

WhatsApp is now reportedly slowly rolling out the promised free voice calling feature - once again to Android users.

After WhatsApp webclient now voice call feature going to come.

A Reddit user on Friday posted screenshots of the voice calling feature, supposedly accessible in the latest WhatsApp app (v2.11.508) for Android from the company site on a Google Nexus 5 running Android 5.0.1 Lollipop in India.

Now WhatsApp Begins Testing for that feature.

"Its like an invite thing, where a person with the call feature needs to 'call' another person who wants to start using the feature. You need to get the apk from the website and not from the Play Store," said Reddit user pradnesh07.

Also, the Reddit user said the guy who sent him/her the invite confirmed that it works on other phones on other roms and other OS and in other countries.

WhatsApp originally promised us voice calling for the second quarter of 2014, but CEO Jan Koum revealed back in October that his team had run into technical issues that had delayed its launch until 2015. The company, which is now owned by Facebook, is hoping to optimize the service so that it runs even on affordable devices in emerging markets with only 2G connectivity.

Sample Screenshots

Sample screen Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFmJbV2uMso