Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – There are a number of cloned or modified WhatsApp (WA Mod) circulating in cyberspace today. One of them is GB WhatsApp, which offers many new experiences that are not in the official application.
For information, these applications do not come from official applications from WhatsApp or Facebook, but are developed by third parties and will not be found in official stores such as the Play Store.
Because it is not from an official application, WA Mod can endanger user data and privacy. The original source is so unreliable that it can carry viruses and malware that harm the user’s phone.
Even WhatsApp issued a firm action against this cloned application. The company does not hesitate to block user accounts caught using WA Mod.
In addition, official WhatsApp is known to use an end-to-end encryption security feature that ensures conversations in the application are not read other than the sender and recipient of the message. However, the WA Mod application does not use it, and there is the potential for message exchange in it to be snooped on by other parties.
Then what makes WA Mod attract attention? Because the application releases many features that are not in the official application.
To find out more about WA Mod, here is a list of the applications, summarized by CNBC Indonesia from various sources, Tuesday (28/9/2021):
1. GB WhatsApp
GB WhatsApp offers many features that are not yet available in the official application. One of them is two accounts on the same device, even though until now WhatsApp can only use one account on one device.
In addition to hiding message alerts after reading, sending high-resolution images, automatic message reply feature, and more characters for status updates.
2. I WhatsApp
There is also Yo WhatsApp developed by Yousef Al-Basha. But he only developed it for a short time and was eventually transferred to Fouad Mokdad, who developed the FM WhatsApp application.
Yo WhatsApp offers various features such as being able to use three accounts at once in one application. In addition there is also the ability to send videos measuring 100 MB and does not display online status.
3. WhatsApp Plus
Launching the Lifewire page, WhatsApp Plus users can change WhatsApp colors, fonts, and themes. In addition, it can disable voice calls and hide profile pictures, support up to 4 accounts, and delete sent messages.
Lifewire also wrote about the dangers of WhatsApp Plus such as being unsafe and the official WhatsApp party could ban it for using it. As well as another danger is the complicated installation of standard applications and application support can stop at any time because it is not official.
4. Blue WhatsApp
On its official website, Blue WhatsApp recognizes that it is a modified application from the original platform. With Blue WhatsApp Plus, users can modify the colors and themes of the application.
The user can also use the internet on the phone with all applications except WhatsApp so no one will disturb, close the chat with a secret word, adjust the privacy for each chat or in general. In addition, it can also view deleted chats and prevent messages from being deleted and receive notifications if someone deletes messages.
WhatsApp Plus also provides a voice call deactivation feature. And there is also the ability to schedule to send messages.
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