Is WhatsApp safe to use for messaging.
                     IS WHATSAPP 
SAFE TO USE FOR 
MESSAGING?
INTRODUCTION
• WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging platform, 
is one of the world's most popular messaging apps. 
• It is estimated that over one billion people use the 
app, sending over 65 billion messages per day.
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Source: makeuseof.com
WHY IS WHATSAPP SO 
POPULAR?
• WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging 
apps. 
• The main reason behind it is that it is a freeware, so 
anyone can access it without any problem. 
• It is available in over 109 countries and in around 65 
languages. 
Source: connectivasystems.com
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WHATSAPP WEB 
MALWARE
• WhatsApp's enormous user base make it an obvious 
target for cybercriminals, many of which center 
around WhatsApp Web. 
• There have been instances of attackers passing off 
malicious software as WhatsApp desktop 
applications. 
Source: godmode.com
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UNENCRYPTED 
BACKUPS
• The messages you send on WhatsApp are end-to-end 
encrypted. 
• This means that only your device, and that of the 
recipient, can decode them. 
• However, this doesn't secure them once they are 
decrypted on your device.
Source: theindependent.com
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FACEBOOK DATA 
SHARING
• In 2016, WhatsApp updated its Privacy Policy to allow 
sharing of data from WhatsApp to Facebook. 
• Although they didn't reveal the full extent of this 
data transfer, it included your phone number and 
your usage data, like when you last used the service. 
• Your WhatsApp messages could be at risk because of 
this.
Source: makeuseof.com
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HOAXES AND FAKE 
NEWS
• Two of the most notable cases have been in India and 
Brazil. 
• WhatsApp was implicated in the widespread violence 
that occurred in India during 2017 and 2018. 
• Messages containing details of fabricated child 
abductions were forwarded and spread across the 
platform, customized with local information. 
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Source: deccanchronicle.com
WHATSAPP STATUS
• For many years, WhatsApp's status feature, a brief 
line of text, was the only way for you to broadcast 
what you were doing at the time. 
• This morphed into WhatsApp Status, a clone of the 
popular Instagram Stories feature.
Source: Business Today
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IS WHATSAPP SAFE TO 
USE?
• WhatsApp is a confusing platform. On the one hand, 
the company implemented end-to-end encryption in 
one of the world's most popular apps; a definite 
security upside. 
• However, there are many WhatsApp security 
concerns. 
Source: makeuseof.com
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IS WHATSAPP SAFE FOR 
YOUR PRIVACY?
• When you sign up for a WhatsApp account, you share 
your mobile number with them and it is saved on 
their database permanently. 
• Your mobile number, name, and profile picture is 
your identity on WhatsApp. 
• You can choose who can access your profile picture, 
but not your name and contact number. 
Source: inventiva.com
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IS WHATSAPP SAFE FOR 
MESSAGING & 
CALLING?
• The main purpose of using WhatsApp is messaging 
and calling with our contacts. 
• To keep your WhatsApp messages and calls safe, 
WhatsApp automatically protects them by end-to-end 
encryption. 
• This means that only you and the receiver of the can 
read the message or listen to the call. Even 
WhatsApp can’t read or listen to them.
Source: The Economic Times
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