Whatsapp Tips: How to Delete Photos from Whatsapp Group, Erase Media, Images, Videos, Pictures on Android, iPhone

Before I come to the solution of this, let me inform you that I myself was trying to update iOS version on my iPhone 5s and could not update it due to no free space on my 16 GB iPhone :(

When I checked where my 16 GB utilized, I found major share from Photos in my gallery and Whatsapp media. I immediately tried to find how come Whatsapp has used more than 5 GB? And found, there are few Whatsapp group where I have more than 2000 medias!!

Delete Photos From Whatsapp Group

First question came in my mind was, How I can Delete Photos from Whatsapp group which is taking huge space of my Phone’s memory? I thought for a while and found 2 options as per below, which will help you to delete all images or media from your Whatsapp group if you are using iPhone and Android based mobile. This may also help you to understand how you can apply similar solution for your Java, Windows, Nokia or Blackberry too.
Option 1: Delete Photos From Whatsapp Group at Once

Yes, you can do this!! Let me teach you how?

Best way is, you can click “Clear Conversation” from group options which will clear full conversation, but still you may follow lengthy way as described below if you wants :(

• Contact Whatsapp Group Admin that you are leaving group as you would like to erase all group medias which is taking huge space on your iPhone or Android mobile phone. So request him to Add you back immediately after you leave the group
• Before leaving the group, send Whatsapp conversation in email. which will send you all medias in your email for backup purpose
• Leave/Delete and Exit whatsapp group

Delete whatsapp group

That’s it. All the photos, images, videos was saved on your phone because of this group is deleted and you will have free space.

Even though, this method is fastest and best to Delete photos from whatsapp; there are few problems like below

•     If admin of the group will not add you back :p
•     If you are the Admin of the group, you may lose your role :)
•     In case, you would like few of the medias out of all.

If you think above points is important and you don’t want to take a chance by deleting all photos from whatsapp group at once, you may use 2nd method as described below.
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Option 2: Delete Photos from Whatsapp Group one by one

Well, I know this method is boring specially when you have hundreds or thousands of media pictures and videos stored by your whatsapp group. But if option 1 is not suitable, you have only this option.

Well, even with this option, you may go inside “All media” section of the group and select all photos/videos you would like to delete and click “Delete” icon to delete all of them. But still you need to spend time behind selecting those thousands medias. :(

Anyways, I hope these 2 options will be useful for you and will surely help you to know How to Delete Photos from Whatsapp group and remove medias, pictures, images, videos from Whatsapp group to release free space for your mobile’s internal memory.

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WhatsApp’s got Hacked and over 200,000 people’s personal data in danger

Just a phone number can help hacker compromise your personal data, the latest in cyber-attack world is hack on WhatsApp’s web based services. WhatsApp has become a channel for a lot of people to communicate free of cost.

WhatsApp web is the latest which is a browser based service that is rendered via smartphones and computers instead of app. The recent hack has up to 200,000 user’s personal data with them.

To attain more information hacker’s used to send Vcard’s to non-planned numbers they had with them which was reported by a security firm.

V Card is an electronic contact that is used to send information regarding contact details of someone in your contact list. The v card that were send by hackers had a malicious code in it that would dispense bot, ransomware and other remote access tools (RATs) on the sender’s phone or the system they are using.

Bots can harm in a different way by slowing down the system and asking them for ransom and to regain access to their own personal data whereas RAT has altogether a different concept of getting a remote access to a device.

A security firm checkpoint revealed that this WhatsApp vulnerability can be easily exploited without the use of any hacking tool. The public got to know about such vulnerability related to WhatsApp later on august 27 whereas the same got fixed before some days ago on august 21.

Oded Vanunu who is group manager at security research group has appreciated WhatsApp for taking such quick and responsive decisions on this vulnerability and deploying an initial alleviation against exploitation in his blog post.

This was much needed step as WhatsApp has over 900 million

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Update: WhatsApp Becomes Target of New Scam

It has been reported that WhatsApp has been hit by new scam which misleads the users into revealing their personal data. According to a report from BT, the links which looks like it is sent by some of your friends which lures users to a offer page and then asks for personal information.
WhatsApp Becomes Target of New Scam

Scammers are luring users with messages containing malicious links which looks like integrated into a current conversation thread. The message displays text like “Look” and after that the malicious link is displayed.

Many WhatsApp users ignorantly clicks on these malicious links which then redirects them to fraud website which is displaying huge discounts coupons in the name of popular shopping sites. After that users are asked to register themselves by giving their email, mobile number and residential address. The malicious message displays that you will only get coupon after you forward this message to 10 contacts so that their friends can also avail this offer. It is displaying discounts like get £5 OFF on shopping sites.
How to protect yourself from this Scam ?

If you receive below messages, just neglect them.

  1.  The Message which  includes instructions to forward the message and only you will get his offer.
  2. The Message displaying that you can avoid punishment, account suspension, if you forward the message to your contacts.
  3. The Message claiming a reward offer.

This malicious messages on WhatsApp is still actively circulating. It displays different languages, in order to get great response in deceiving the users.

WhatsApp has now 1 Billion users. With Rise and fame of popular mobile messaging app, it has now became a major target for scammers to spread their malicious propaganda. We advise you not to get lured by these fake offers. Although, you have to just ignore their  messages in order to protect yourself from scammers. We hope that you loved this article, feel free to share this with your friends and create awareness about this new scam.

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WhatsApp to Share your Personal Data With Facebook

Recently the Facebook-owned messaging app dropped its $1 annual subscription fee to make WhatsApp Free for Lifetime.

Now, WhatsApp has plans to introduce a new feature that would allow its users to integrate their Facebook accounts with the most widely used messaging app.

So far, the social media giant has been focusing on its own messaging platform,Messenger and both WhatsApp and Facebook have been working separately in terms of adding new features.

WhatsApp to Share User Data With Facebook

Android developer Javier Santos spotted a new feature in the latest beta build of WhatsApp, which indicates that soon you’ll start seeing some features interconnected between WhatsApp and Facebook.

The feature (optional, for now), dubbed "Share my account info," when selected will share your personal WhatsApp account information with Facebook in order "to improve your Facebook experience," according to the description.

Although it's unclear how exactly the new feature works, it is believed that the feature may help you share photos to your timeline and create an album shortcut via WhatsApp or vice versa.

Facebook-WhatsApp Deeper Integration

From past two years, we haven't noticed any Facebook and WhatsApp integration, but this minor change made by WhatsApp raised doubt in our minds that Why the social media giant is merging WhatsApp with Facebook.

When Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for over $20 Billion, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook and Whatsapp would continue to co-exist as separate platforms.

At that time, WhatsApp team also assured its users that nothing would change and that the popular messaging app would operate independently.

However, this recent update considered being the first step towards merging the two popular platforms in an effort to take control of the popular messaging market and sustain growth together.

WhatsApp to Offer End-to-End Encryption

Moreover, The beta build of WhatsApp also includes a new section completely focused on users' privacy, indicating that the popular messaging service is looking to bolster security in order to make its user conversations more secure.

The new feature, dubbed "Show Security Indicators," will be imbibed in WhatsApp in an impending update. The feature is similar to the one Apple uses in its iMessage.

When enabled, the feature will encrypt all your chats and calls with End-to-End encryption, meaning users' conversations cannot be spied on; not even by WhatsApp itself.

This could be just a start, and we could see a deeper Facebook-WhatsApp integration in future that could even allow users to send messages between WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

references: thehackernews

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Latest WhatsApp build reveals Facebook linking option

Latest WhatsApp build reveals Facebook linking option

InShort Viral: Facebook is planning to integrate linking option that will provide cross communication between Facebook and WhatsApp.

Latest WhatsApp build reveals Facebook linking option

Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 Billion in year 2014. It has not changed much in its features, apart Voice Calling Features between Whats App users. It seems that Facebook and Whats App have been acting as two different bodies.
According to new leak, WhatsApp is looking forward to allow cross communication between WhatsApp and facebook accounts.
Just a week after WhatsApp proclaimed that it is not charging $1 as annual fee, and it further said that they are seeking to see new information that points to a convenient relationship between messaging service “WhatsApp” and its parental company, Facebook.
A German based blog leaked screenshots of a new beta build, which adds a new option for WhatsApp users to share their account details with Facebook to improve facebook user experience. It is still doubtful that how this integration will benefit facebook user. The users will have to agree some new service terms in the new build.
Facebook and WhatsApp worked like two different companies, even after facebook acquired this for $19 Billion in 2014. WhatsApp’s founder Jan Koum said that, WhatsApp Messaging Service will remain unchanged and will operate independently and user’s will not be affected. However, it seems that Facebook is entirely changing the statement as said by Whats’s App’s founder.
WhatsApp is popularly know for end to end encryption that safeguards users from being snooped on. The latest beta feature of WhatsApp is enabled with security tab which allows users switch on a setting to see whether their messages are encrypted. By default, messages are encrypted, depending upon what you select, but it provides user a new option which enables the user to see whether their messages are really safe.

Latest WhatsApp build reveals Facebook linking option

A post on Reddit discussing about the WhatsApp’s new beta build also revealed screenshots about its new build. It also revealed a tool for users to confirm whether their conversation are encrypted by scanning QR codes. The screenshot leaked at Reddit also shows about an upcoming feature which will allow the users to manage files received through the app
The use of linking of WhatsApp and facebook may not be clearly known, the doubt of all the features will be cleared only when it is released publicly. Also, one thing is clear that WhatsApp user will be able to post concurrently on the timelines of both WhatsApp and Facebook respectively.
WhatsApp, the most popular messaging services earlier made WhatsApp free rather than charging $1 as annual fee. The Messaging Giant is currently working to provide Video Calls feature in WhatsApp.
So, this was all about the integration of Whats App and Facebook to allow cross communication. We hope that you enjoyed this article, feel free to share this with your friends.

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