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Whatsapp Warns Over GB WhatsApp That Mimics Features & Could Leave You Blocked (52460 Views)

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etokhana: 4:52pm On Jul 05, 2021
WhatsApp has warned its billion of s worldwide they will be blocked from the messaging platform if they an unofficial app claiming to have added features that WhatsApp still won't unlock.

The Facebook-owned company issued the warning on its website after an uned Android app claiming to unlock some new WhatsApp messaging features went viral at the end of last month.

The app goes by the name of 'GB WhatsApp' and boasts of giving s the ability to send more pictures at once and reply with auto-responses such as 'In a meeting'.

It also claims to allow you to hide read receipts while still being able to see others' read status, along with other benefits.

While they may sound attractive to many s, WhatsApp has warned that ing such uned third-party software could come at a huge cost.

It could see you initially suspended from WhatsApp and, if you fail to switch to your official WhatsApp , you could be banned all together, losing access to the most popular on the planet.

"If you received an in-app message stating your is 'Temporarily banned' this means that you're likely using an uned version of WhatsApp instead of the official WhatsApp app," the Facebook-owned firm said in an update to its small-print on its website.

"If you don't switch to the official app after being temporarily banned, your might be permanently banned from using WhatsApp."

'GB WhatsApp' isn't available on Google Play Store but only on unofficial app repositories online which force you to disable some of the safeguards turned on by default on Android when ing, reports the Express,

WhatsApp said: "Uned apps, such as WhatsApp Plus, GB WhatsApp, or apps that claim to move your WhatsApp chats between phones, are altered versions of WhatsApp.

"These unofficial apps are developed by third parties and violate our of Service. WhatsApp doesn't these third-party apps because we can't validate their security practices."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/whatsapp-warning-over-new-app-24460853.amp?__twitter_impression=true

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Fahdiga(m): 4:54pm On Jul 05, 2021
Buhari will soon ban WhatsApp

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chatinent: 5:00pm On Jul 05, 2021
GB Whatsapp comes to mind.

Make dem kuku add those features na.

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FarahAideed: 5:04pm On Jul 05, 2021
Why can't GB just become its own messaging app, they already have millions of loyalist

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LordviccoDaGuru(m): 5:09pm On Jul 05, 2021
grin
LordviccoDaGuru(m): 5:10pm On Jul 05, 2021
FarahAideed:
Why can't GB just become its own messaging app, they already have millions of loyalist

I tell you

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zullvz: 5:12pm On Jul 05, 2021
Thise apps got better features than whatsapp

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Earlystar698(m): 5:31pm On Jul 05, 2021
I lost all my chat when I was using GB whatsapp,they won't allow you to backup your chat at all..

Edit; it's was on May last year that I lost all my chat...it's really painful..GB whatsapp is treat to your privacy, if you have it delete it for your safety especially expect those that's into a trap called relationship grin

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inoki247: 5:34pm On Jul 05, 2021
Me I even see people using GBWhatsApp as Bandits....


Na dem go dey comment on status wey u don delete nd the post u ar about to make tomorrow.....

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Shellsploit: 5:57pm On Jul 05, 2021
GBwhatsapp / Fmwhatsapp... Till i stan.

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Shellsploit: 5:57pm On Jul 05, 2021
Earlystar698:
I lost all my chat when I was using GB whatsapp,they won't allow you to backup your chat at all..

Backup ur chats manually

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Dahunsipaul(m): 6:18pm On Jul 05, 2021
Does anyone know if there’s any gb WhatsApp for iPhones?

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Kennyking1234: 6:19pm On Jul 05, 2021
Earlystar698:
I lost all my chat when I was using GB whatsapp,they won't allow you to backup your chat at all..
false

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Re: Whatsapp Warns Over GB WhatsApp That Mimics Features & Could Leave You Blocked by Nobody: 6:24pm On Jul 05, 2021
I ed it days ago.
At first, it was working really good.
I was invincible and all that.
I could view your status and it would be up to me to let you know or not.
You will delete message and I will still be seeing it fine and clear .

All of a sudden, I no come dey see message again. (Mark don nak my 2x2 I guess ).

My status will remain unseen after many hours.

Pissed off, I reinstalled the real WhatsApp and messages came flooding in.

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jericco1(m): 6:45pm On Jul 05, 2021
I still don't know what people find in that GB WhatsApp of a thing.

I have never found it interesting

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slawormiir: 6:45pm On Jul 05, 2021
Damnnn niggar
Isoright.....

Na people way dey cheat dey mostly use that gb WhatsApp.....especially all those girls way dey cheat for relationships

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jospepper(m): 6:46pm On Jul 05, 2021
Wahala for GB WhatsApp s, oga Mark go soon back una 2x2.

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Re: Whatsapp Warns Over GB WhatsApp That Mimics Features & Could Leave You Blocked by Nobody: 6:46pm On Jul 05, 2021
They're already banning people from IG and Facebook because of GB Whatsapp and other flimsy reasons like picture etc. It has been happening for years but they won't tell you why.

I think Mark Zuckerberg is just apprehensive. This is why app developers must stop selling their apps to industry giants cos once they have control, they can stop anyone from using the service even when you don't use it for any illegal purpose. Mark himself has been accused of selling people's data and was summoned by the US government, so all this is just pure nonsense.

Take a look at Microsoft, despite being the most pirated OS, they still allow people to use it knowing it would serve a greater good. That didn't kill Microsoft, even made it more popular and preferred globally, so I think Mark is just being greedy.

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Ayo2004: 6:46pm On Jul 05, 2021
Better
Make Mark block those online bandits angry

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Nuelito: 6:46pm On Jul 05, 2021
Thanks for the heads up

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Okortor: 6:47pm On Jul 05, 2021
Buhari pity Nigerians. I can't spend my money in peace without several person's begging me now on daily basis.

Indeed d country is hard, nobody forms big man here at my office. Lol.

It's well with the righteous, Amen.

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Earlystar698(m): 6:47pm On Jul 05, 2021
Shellsploit:


Backup ur chats manually
nice but I won't use it again

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dan761(m): 6:47pm On Jul 05, 2021
zullvz:
Thise apps got better features than whatsapp
. Really !

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nob0dy: 6:47pm On Jul 05, 2021
Those GB WhatsApp s should be arrested if possible. There are all terrorists.

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Beehshorp(m): 6:47pm On Jul 05, 2021
Never been a fan of that GB WhatsApp.

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Generalwoodz(m): 6:47pm On Jul 05, 2021
I have never used it.

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Iceyjayzz(m): 6:48pm On Jul 05, 2021
FarahAideed:
Why can't GB just become its own messaging app, they already have millions of loyalist
I'm telling you
Re: Whatsapp Warns Over GB WhatsApp That Mimics Features & Could Leave You Blocked by Nobody: 6:48pm On Jul 05, 2021
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