50 Stories To Learn About Whatsapp

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30 Nov 2023

Let's learn about Whatsapp via these 50 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read stories about any technology.

1. How to Design a Splash Screen With Expo and React Native

You have made a great app and of course, why not publish it right? But then you open your expo app and see the default boring splash screen provided by Expo.

2. Guide: How to Install WhatsApp On Amazon Fire Tablet

This article demonstrates multiple ways of using WhatsApp on Firestick and Fire Tablet. Read until the end to master the tips and tricks

3. Creating a WhatsApp bot Using NodeJs, Repl.it and Twilio API

This post is a prerequisite for an upcoming post. Here I’ll be creating a Whatsapp echo bot using Twilio and Nodejs. I’ll be making use of Repl.it so as to save myself from the burden of going through the environmental setup.

4. Modify and Reply To Deleted WhatsApp Texts [A How-To Guide]

A while back I was playing around with a chrome extension that allows you to restore deleted messages on WhatsApp web.

5. Is WhatsApp Safe?

WhatsApp is the most popular messenger owned by Facebook. According to the official stats, the number of WhatsApp active users has reached 1 billion in 2020. Just imagine, approximately 65 million messages are sent via this social app daily.  Since the app is so popular, it’s very attractive for hackers. In this article, I’ll tell you about the major WhatsApp security threats, which will help you protect your chats and shared media from hackers, WhatsApp spy apps, and keylogging software.

6. 2 Ways to Access WhatsApp Conversations

In this article, you'll find the best ways to hack WhatsApp chats including syncing the app with the web version or exporting a txt file of the chat.

7. For My Dad, I Automated Bulk WhatsApp Messaging using Python - Here's How

So, this Whatsapp just irritates my dad.

8. Exploiting Covert Channels in WhatsApp and Other Android Messenger Apps

Covert communication channels are rampant in messenger applications and here is one example...

9. Take ChatGPT With You: Introducing Ariana, the ChatGPT Assistant That Lives in WhatsApp

Meet Ariana, a ChatGPT AI assistant living in WhatsApp, providing instant answers, translations, and idea generation.

10. Understanding WhatsApp Architecture

WhatsApp is one of the most used platforms for messaging. Information is sent immediately, which is why more websites use it for communicating with their users.

11. The Facebook Outage Proved a Need for Greater Decentralization

With the internet become more and more vulnerable to outages and crashes, will the answer to more stability come in the form of more decentralisation?

12. The Noonification: The Murder in A 22 (10/22/2022)

10/22/2022: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

13. 5 Common Use Cases of a WhatsApp Chatbot

A WhatsApp bot is an automated conversational tool that you integrate on WhatsApp using WhatsApp Business API. Read our article about uses of a WhatsApp chatbot

14. The Noonification: The Last of Us HBO Series; The Nth of Many (9/29/2022)

9/29/2022: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

15. 8 Ways You Can Use WhatsApp to Improve Customer Service

Check out how brands can leverage WhatsApp for customer service and improve customer communication through WhatsApp Business API.

16. Have U Been Pwned?

Elon Musk's social media company has suffered a data breach. The result? Nearly 200 million email addresses are now up for grabs.

17. Top 5 Video Chat Apps of 2020

The world has been evolving ever since its inception. There is no doubt that Generation-Z (1997-2012) has witnessed many changes. These changes were related especially with the advancement of science and technology. The concept of video calling dates back to the year 1910, and back then it was termed as video telephony. So, the concept is pretty antiquated, but with time innovation played its part and kept it looking contemporary. Having said that, we’ll now look at the options we have when it comes to video calling.

18. Build a WhatsApp Chatbot With Python, Flask, and Messagebird

Tutorial, about building a chatbot using the Messagebird API for WhatsApp and the Flask framework for Python.

19. What is Eventual Consistency and How Do You Deal with It?

Eventually consistency is a fancy name of doing something and only expecting the changed state after a while. But it won't work well with caching.

20. Tech Companies Take a Stand: UK's Online Safety Bill Risks a Total Wipeout of Secure Messaging Apps

With secure messaging apps willing to cease operations, UK's attempt to fight cybercrime with its Online Safety Bill has sparked the encryption debate again.

21. How To Build a WhatsApp Clone in React Native: Beginner’s Guide [Part 2]

A Non-Comparable WhatsApp Clone made using react-native (Expo) and Firebase

22. The Biggest Problems with WhatsApp's Privacy Practices

A new report now claims that Whatsapp messages are not end-to-end encrypted.

23. I Automated My Whatsapp Chats on Android and Here's How You Can Too

Android Accessibility Service to Alter the Way You Use Your Mobile

24. Is WhatsApp Safe for Texting and Video Calls?

Can someone hack WhatsApp texts or calls? How safe is WhatsApp? Is End-to-End encryption enough? Should you switch to Instagram, Facebook, Telegram or Skype?

25. How to Make Whatsapp Clone in React Native: A Beginner’s Guide [Part 1]

How I made a WhatsApp Clone using react-native (Expo) and FireBase.

26. Insecure by Design: As Millions Flock to Telegram, 7 Reasons to Question the App's Privacy Claims

Telegram is not the gold-standard for secure messaging that it paints itself to be. Here are 7 reasons why.

27. How do You Hack Whatsapp Chats? - 7 Vulnerabilities Explained

You can Hack WhatsApp chats by syncing the web version of the app, exporting chat logs, using POCWAPP, WhatsAPP Scan Pro, spoofing, and spy apps.

28. How to Lock WhatsApp Using Your Face or Fingerprint on iOS or Android?

Are you living in a house with kids? Do you often face a situation where you are using your phone and kids suddenly snatch it from your hands and start playing games? You are quite fine with it but when it comes to being compromised with your message’s security on WhatsApp, you do not want them to read your private messages. Thankfully, now you are no more required to keep phones away from your kids and worry about your privacy. How?

29. WhatsApp End-to-End Encryption: What it is and How to Use it

WhatsApp introduced end-to-end encryption in their mobile and web version. The WhatsApp end-to-end encryption ensures that the user chats, images, documents, and videos all are secured. And no one other than the authorized user can see them.

30. Alternatives to WhatsApp: Five Messaging Apps to Consider Instead of WhatsApp

People have been switching from WhatsApp to other messaging apps; for a good reason. Here are five new apps taking the place of WhatsApp now in the tech space.

31. Is The Future Of Encryption On The Line?

In a world where encryption of our messaging apps is at stake, is there a solution that works? Aside from the traditional WhatsApp and Signal, there's Usecrypt.

32. Great News: WhatsApp Finally Let’s You Text Yourself

Great news: WhatsApp released a new update that allow's users text themselves.

33. iMessage Not Working? [SOLVED] - Here's How to Fix It

iMessage not working? Here is the list to fix and troubleshoot issues like bad connectivity issues, synchronization with macOS, red exclamation mark, and more.

34. Voice Notes as Consolation for the Fundamental Loneliness of Being

Voice notes remove the expensive encoding and decoding of words to text, while retaining the benefits of asynchronous communication.

35. When Messenger Apps Adopt Fintech: Privacy Issues and Implications

There are many ways in which the world is divided up: borders, differing cultures, and even vast masses of water serve to partition the globe. Preference per region for Messenger apps is one of the less initially visible ways this is done.

36. Telegram VS WhatsApp VS Utopia

You can get confused in a wide variety of different messengers. Some apps offer versatility, others a user-friendly interface and others guarantee the privacy and security of users.

37. How to Develop a Messaging App like WhatsApp: Your Handy Guide

WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and We Chat apps do not require any introduction. These messaging apps have become more popular than social media, and many entrepreneurs want to capitalize on their popularity. However, it is quite a task to make any new instant messaging app like WhatsApp successful because of intense competition. Let’s go through five formulas to make your messaging app capable of standing firm against the giants.

38. How the adoption of blockchain technology will evolve: an Interview with Harjyot Singh

This article talks about decentralization and trustless layer with no intermediary control and China actions on cryptocurrency.

39. Facebook, WhatsApp, and Your Privacy: What You Need to Know

Seated at computers in pods organized by work assignments, these hourly workers use special Facebook software to sift through millions of private messages

40. When End-to-End Encryption and Open Source Come Together in a Messaging Platform

Recently, WhatsApp updated its privacy policy. This event, along with the ongoing discussions on privacy concerns about the online platforms we used every day, created interest in fields of privacy and security and migration to other messaging platforms such as Signal.

41. WhatsApp Users Hit 2 Billion: What Does This Mean for the Future of Privacy?

There are now over 2 billion registered users on the mobile messaging platform, up from 1.5 billion in 2017.

42. Signal Vs. WhatsApp Vs. Utopia: Who Is The Obvious Winner?

The 21st century is the age of technology and the Internet. Today, the whole world is online. We are increasingly moving all our business to the Internet space. It is the place where we work, communicate, order food, pay for purchases, watch movies and listen to music.

43. Telegram VS WhatsApp: An Honest Comparison

Telegram and WhatsApp are two popular instant messaging apps known to app users all over the globe. Read a honest comparison of both apps from an app user.

44. 14 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Software Engineer

A Q&A for students with a Facebook software engineer

45. How to Build a Music Recognition Chatbot on WhatsApp Using Node.js

Application example using Node.js where a simple chatbot will be implemented on the WhatsApp for music recognition.

46. Helpful Strategies to Combat WhatsApp Security Threats

In the previous year, a security flaw was found in the WhatsApp desktop version. It allowed cyber-crooks to push malware or deploy codes by using harmless messages.

47. Encryption vs. Surveillance in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong national security law created a series of provisions that restrict the flow of information and suppress the civil unrest within the region. In the short term, this new law has had a profound impact on the business landscape, creating a series of winners who seek to expand their share in the local marketplace. In the long term, it will reform the technology landscape in Hong Kong for years to come

48. How to Serve Millions of Free Video Calls Using The STUN Protocol

Recently, WhatsApp updated its privacy policy. This event, along with the ongoing discussions on privacy concerns about the online platforms we used every day, created interest in fields of privacy and security and migration to other messaging platforms such as Signal.

49. Privacy Communities: Blockchain-Based Networks Rise After the Breakdown of Tech Giants

Online communication is undergoing a tidal shift as various groups and communities seek to relocate to more secure blockchain messaging platforms.

50. WhatsApp Lets You Ghost Your Group Chats Silently

Meta has announced new privacy features for WhatsApp users. Zuckerberg claims these features will help keep WhatsApp messaging private and secure.

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