{"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":2851,"description":"WhatsApp Pussy Cat? Today Fred and Jethro talk all about WhatsApp, the background, how it’s used, and what to look out for.  What Is It?  WhatsApp Messenger   Who Built It?  Brian Acton and Jan Koum, former Yahoo! employees, wrote the first version in 2009 Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion   Who Is Using It?  Lots and lots of people … Roughly 2 billion monthly users worldwide WhatsApp has users in 109 countries   How Are People Using It?  Group chats (up to 256 people) Broadcast feature (message to multiple people, reply just to sender) Video Calls (w/ filters) Text Messages Share Videos, Photos, and Audio Messages   What Are the Risks Parents Should Consider?  No real enforcement of 16+ age rating Potential contact from strangers (no verification of user identity) Multiplatform service (kids can move from device to device) Multiple tools to “hack” WhatsApp Disappearing Messages (Status Feature) Cyberbullying (particularly in group chats) Grooming Live Location Access to Inappropriate Content – It only takes a few seconds to find links to public WhatsApp groups with Hoaxes and Misinformation  Some limits on forwarding messages to groups   Malware (particularly on PCs and Macs) Sharing of data between WhatsApp and Facebook Multiple security breaches and software flaws   Anecdotes and Headlines  2021–08–15 Did America just lose Afghanistan because of WhatsApp?  https://prestonbyrne.com/2021/08/15/did-america-just-lose-afghanistan-because-of-whatsapp/ 2021–08–07 WhatsApp CEO calls out Apple over Child Safety tools announcement  https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/07/whatsapp-ceo-calls-out-apple-over-child-safety-tools-announcement/ 2021–08–04 Warning issued to anybody who uses WhatsApp as loophole could see strangers access your messages  https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/whatsapp-urgent-warning-loophole-hackers–21220126 2021–07–19 Biology teacher, 57, at £40,000-a-year boarding school is struck off after sending naked shower ‘selfie’ to an...","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}