| At first look, WhatsApp serves the same purpose as its competitors like Viber, Skype, and Telegram | In addition to basic messaging WhatsApp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages |
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| In March, WhatsApp partnered with the and to provide messaging hotlines for people to get information on the | Bradsher, Keith September 25, 2017 |
Group chats One feature that hasn't been removed from the desktop client is the ability to partake in group chats.
1| The invite expires in three days | from the original on June 30, 2015 |
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| Free of Cost The WhatsApp Desktop with freeware license available for Windows 32-bit as well as the 64-bit operating system of a laptop and PC without limits and presented for all software users as a free download | Mar 2, 2016 WhatsApp introduces its document-sharing feature, initially allowing users to share PDF files with their contacts |
According to The Independent, ISIS also uses WhatsApp to traffic sex slaves.
24| With the PC version of WhatsApp, you've got access to all of your contacts that you would normally chat with on the mobile application directly from your desktop | But there's a lot that seems to slip through the net |
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| These features will roll out over the coming weeks | Some better alternatives to WhatsApp are Signal, Threema, Wickr and Wire |
In December 2019, WhatsApp confirmed a security flaw that would allow hackers to use a malicious GIF image file to gain access to the recipient's data.