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Single message will freeze your WhatsApp - or even your entire phone

article published on 7 May, 2018

There's a nasty, malicious WhatsApp message spreading across the World that can freeze WhatsApp - or even your entire phone. One of these messages is masked as a challenge and reads "If you touch the black point then your whatsapp will hang" - and if you do touch the black spot, your WhatsApp does exactly what the message "promises" it will. The other message says "This is very interesting" ... [ read the full article ]

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dali
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_ 		8. May 2018 @ 05:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just another reason to ditch the obsolete and poorly coded WhatsApp and use any other messaging app instead. Telegram anyone?
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