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<p>Police in Wales used a photo of fingerprints in a WhatsApp photo to track down a drug dealer.</p>

WhatsApp photo of fingerprints helps catch drug dealers in UK

The convictions are believed to be the first in Wales based on fingerprints taken from a cell phone photo.

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<p>The French government is building its own encrypted messaging service and looking to move officials away from popular apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram -- even if the French president likes it.</p>

France builds WhatsApp-like service to avoid privacy breaches

Existing encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp and Telegram run the risk of a data leak, so France is building an alternative.

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<p>Brian Acton in 2014, before he joined #deletefacebook.</p>

WhatsApp co-founder, who sold to Facebook, says time to delete

Brian Acton, who co-founded WhatsApp and sold it to Facebook for $19 billion, sent out a short tweet in which he said, "It is time."

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WhatsApp won't share data with Facebook in Europe... for now

Sharing data with Facebook in the UK would be illegal, the Information Commissioner tells WhatsApp.

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<p>WhatsApp has extended the time limit for deleting messages for all recipients.</p>

Facebook-owned WhatsApp extends message deletion time

WhatsApp has increased the amount of time you have to delete a message or whole conversation on its messaging app to more than an hour.

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<p>Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg holding a stack of papers that's not BlackBerry's lawsuit.</p>

BlackBerry sues Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram over messaging

The once-powerful phone pioneer says Facebook has infringed its intellectual property, without providing details.

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<p>If you really must dig into your chat lists, just pull over and do it safely from the side of the road.</p>

WhatsApp arrives on Apple CarPlay, but there are rules

It's not the whole hat, but it's better than before.

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After conquering the world, WhatsApp looks to small businesses

The Facebook-owned company announced WhatsApp Business, an app that aims to make communicating with small businesses easier.

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<p>BEIJING, CHINA - 2017/05/23: WeChat payment on mobile phone, arranged for photography. Latest data shows that in the first quarter of 2017, WeChat payment accounted for 39.51% of the third party mobile payment market in China. For the further globalization, WeChat has entered several European cities, where Chinese tourists can use WeChat to pay for the products and services in RMB and without cash. (Photo by Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images)</p>

China is testing an electronic identification system on WeChat

Whatever’s in your wallet, be it cash or ID card, the Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp should be able to read it.

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<p>There's one emoji on this list that has drawn the ire of an Indian lawyer.</p>

Indian lawyer threatens to sue WhatsApp over a rude emoji

He says he wants the middle finger emoji removed in 15 days, or he'll sue.

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<p>French privacy authorities aren't liking how WhatsApp is sharing your data with Facebook.</p>

WhatsApp faces penalty for violating French data protection act

The social messaging platform is given a month to stop sharing user information with its parent company, Facebook.

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<p>WhatsApp now lets you delete sent messages, but there are caveats.</p>

WhatsApp now lets you delete that embarrassing text

Did you accidentally send sensitive information to Becky? It's OK. Becky never has to know.

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