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WhatsApp vs. WhatsApp Plus Fight Gets Ugly For Users

Posted by timothy on from the for-your-convenience-we-have-disabled-convenience dept.

BarbaraHudson writes WhatsApp is locking out users for 24 hours who use WhatsApp Plus to access the service. The company claims they brought in the temporary ban to make users aware that they are not using the correct version and their privacy could be comprised using the unofficial WhatsApp Plus. "Starting today, we are taking aggressive action against unauthorized apps and alerting the people who use them." Is this a more aggressive rerun of "This site best viewed with Internet Explorer"?

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  1. Re:Fault of the walled garden by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, don't use the service that all your friends are on. That's just silly.

  2. Re:Better Link by lucm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let them release the source for their clients and servers ... then we'll see. Ditto for Facebook.

    I would be curious so see Facebook's source code. I'm sure it's elegant and sophisticated.

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    lucm, indeed.