{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cybertraps Podcast","title":"WhatsApp Pussy Cat? Cybertraps Live 72","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d2be756b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2674,"description":"WhatsApp Pussy Cat? Today Fred and Jethro talk all about WhatsApp, the background, how it’s used, and what to look out for.\n What Is It?  WhatsApp Messenger\nWho Built It?  Brian Acton and Jan Koum, former Yahoo! employees, wrote the first version in 2009\nFacebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion\nWho Is Using It?  Lots and lots of people … Roughly 2 billion monthly users worldwide\nWhatsApp has users in 109 countries\nHow Are People Using It?  Group chats (up to 256 people)\nBroadcast feature (message to multiple people, reply just to sender)\nVideo Calls (w/ filters)\nText Messages\nShare Videos, Photos, and Audio Messages\nWhat Are the Risks Parents Should Consider?  No real enforcement of 16+ age rating\nPotential contact from strangers (no verification of user identity)\nMultiplatform service (kids can move from device to device)\nMultiple tools to “hack” WhatsApp\nDisappearing Messages (Status Feature)\nCyberbullying (particularly in group chats)\nGrooming\nLive Location\nAccess to Inappropriate Content – It only takes a few seconds to find links to public WhatsApp groups with\nHoaxes and Misinformation  Some limits on forwarding messages to groups\nMalware (particularly on PCs and Macs)\nSharing of data between WhatsApp and Facebook\nMultiple security breaches and software flaws\nAnecdotes and Headlines  2021–08–15 Did America just lose Afghanistan because of WhatsApp?\n https://prestonbyrne.com/2021/08/15/did-america-just-lose-afghanistan-because-of-whatsapp/\n2021–08–07 WhatsApp CEO calls out Apple over Child Safety tools announcement\n https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/07/whatsapp-ceo-calls-out-apple-over-child-safety-tools-announcement/\n2021–08–04 Warning issued to anybody who uses WhatsApp as loophole could see strangers access your messages\n https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/whatsapp-urgent-warning-loophole-hackers–21220126\n2021–07–19 Biology teacher, 57, at £40,000-a-year boarding school is struck off after sending naked shower ‘selfie’ to an 18-year-old...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-npbjlTwEpH5Ybi_ySNRhS-EfNqaI7Ep1svTppTGhLE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNTcyLzE2ODM5/MjY0NDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}