Several reports from the popular news websites had suggested
that WhatsApp,
the widely popular messaging application, is working on a new version of its
instant messaging client, called WhatsApp PLUS, in order to provide
its users a lot of handy new features. However the news seems to be completely
fake!!
WhatsApp Plus has already been
launched a long ago and is not at all genuine as it is not associated with the
Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Many users claimed to have already used WhatsApp Plus
before.
The latest news reports insist
that WhatsApp Plus will bring 700 new themes and more number of emoticons, as
well as will provide users with an option to change the font, and color among
other things in an attempt to make the app look and feel more personalized. Moreover,
the app will provide better privacy compared to the existing one. But, here you
need to have a second thought.
If we talk about better privacy, the only genuine report
about WhatsApp came late last year, when WhatsApp partnered with Open Whisper Systems,
a collaborative open source project to offer end-to-end
encryption in its Android client. But, that was also with the same
label, WhatsApp.
The domain of WhatsApp Plus wasn't
registered by WhatsApp, Inc, according to the Whois information of the
alleged Whatsapp website. In order to find links to shady websites, BGR reports that
they decompiled the WhatsApp Plus APK file circulating around the web, which
revealed that the "app is
communicating with illegitimate sources."
Beware those who find the app
genuine and interesting to download. There are many fake and malicious
messaging apps that trick users to download and install, what could potentially
be a malware. WhatsApp Plus is also not a genuine, but an effort by
unauthorised websites to trick people into downloading it.
We will strongly advise people to
not download WhatsApp Plus, or any app that claims to be a new rather different
version of WhatsApp. It has been confirmed that WhatsApp hasn’t launched any
such app. The app could be a malware that can trouble your phone and
downloading an alternative, would be laying your privacy and security at risk.
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