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In recent years, a technological revolution has swept most of the countries of the world. As smart phones spread, and companies became competing in the production of programs and applications that help in social communication, and in 2009 AD, the WhatsApp program appeared at the hands of the American Brian Acton and the Ukrainian Jan Koum.
The WhatsApp program allows the service of sending messages, pictures, videos, and voice messages, and it has revolutionized the world of the Internet, and has competed with many programs. According to WhatsApp records, in 2013 the number of messages sent per day reached 27 billion messages, and this application is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Symbian and Windows Phone 7 phones.
Terms of use of the WhatsApp application
The owners of WhatsApp impose some conditions for using this application, and most people do not read these conditions as is the case in all other applications, and among these conditions:
- The application is able to determine your geographical location, and this may be normal for some, but it may cause some security problems for others.
- The application is able to keep a copy of your messages in the company's records.
- He can access your call history and contacts.
- Enter the photo album.
- Taking full information about your device and the network it is connected to.
Hide last seen on WhatsApp
Individuals who have the WhatsApp application on their phones can communicate with other individuals who have the same application via the phone number. And they show them the personal photo, the name you use, and your last appearance on the WhatsApp program, that is, the last time you entered this program. Many people are annoyed by this feature, which makes them a focus for others and keeps them away from this site, so there is a feature in the application that allows you to hide your last appearance, and it can be activated by following these steps:
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- Account.
- Privacy.
- Last seen.
- And you can choose one of the three options, the Everyone option allows all people to see your last seen, and the My contacts option allows people whose phone number you own to see your last seen, and the Nobody option hides your last seen on WhatsApp completely.
Information about WhatsApp
- The inventors of the American WhatsApp, Brian Acton and the Ukrainian Jan Koum, used to work for Yahoo before the invention of WhatsApp.
- On February 19, 2014, Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion.
- The application is synchronized with the contacts, so there is no need to create a separate record and add names to it.
- Some experts in computer crime confirmed that there is a danger surrounding the users of the application, especially after it was bought by Facebook.
- Facebook cooperates with some government agencies such as: the US National Security Agency, the Government Communications Office of the British Intelligence Agency; As it can provide a record of conversations and messages to them.
