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Post by gillyp on May 13, 2024 9:51:17 GMT
Has anyone had this happen - my iphone sent a random Whatsapp message in the middle of an established chat, so it seemed to come from me. It appeared to be a Facebook link; one of the people in the chat opened it before I was able to warn her and she said it took her to "page unavailable". I certainly didn't send it. My settings are pretty tight. Googling brings up similar problems/glitches but these appear to be messages starting a brand new chat, not appearing in the middle of a chat. We do send a number of links on that chat, I'm wondering if one of them had a timed sub link or similar to appear in the chat later.
Any thoughts in Pealand?
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on May 13, 2024 11:02:51 GMT
I’ve gotten random messages sent TO me. But I’ve never known of one like that that came FROM me. I don’t use WhatsApp that frequently though - mostly just occasional chats with international friends.
I’ll be curious to hear if anyone knows more about what you experienced.
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Post by Bridget in MD on May 13, 2024 11:38:53 GMT
I heard that What's App is one of the most secure ways to message. Then I found out Meta bought it (like 10 years ago). I am not happy, and now don't trust it as much although in 2023 I read an article that says "Because of its end-to-end encryption, we've long considered it as one of the best chat apps for privacy and security, alongside other strong contenders like Signal..."
The fact that it sent a link to FB makes it look very sus...
otherwise, I have gotten messages from WA, but only the messages that I send are what ive seen...
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Post by gillyp on May 13, 2024 11:54:10 GMT
I heard that What's App is one of the most secure ways to message. Then I found out Meta bought it (like 10 years ago). I am not happy, and now don't trust it as much although in 2023 I read an article that says "Because of its end-to-end encryption, we've long considered it as one of the best chat apps for privacy and security, alongside other strong contenders like Signal..." The fact that it sent a link to FB makes it look very sus... otherwise, I have gotten messages from WA, but only the messages that I send are what ive seen... I knew this but hadn't considered it with regard to my query but just yesterday I logged onto FB from my phone and clicked on the notification of a response. I was taken to a Meta page with the comments to the opening post on there, I'd never seen that page before; I use/am forced to use a Meta dashboard for my business FB page but it's not like the page that opened to me. I don't remember if I interacted with it or just closed it down. I wonder if that's the cause of the random message. |
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Post by zippythebird on May 13, 2024 12:03:08 GMT
Do you have an Anti virus app on your phone .
I would do a quick scan just to make sure everything is okay because you never know thesedays .
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Post by mom on May 13, 2024 12:31:20 GMT
For funsies, I would go ahead and change my FB and What's App password just in case - and Instagram as well since Meta owns them and they tend to be linked to FB accounts.
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Post by gillyp on May 13, 2024 14:33:22 GMT
Thanks both.  |
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