Need of hour

What’s app – need of hour

Today, technology has developed so rapidly, in ancient times phones were only used to take a call or make a call, I remember my parents days when they have to go to a place as in every house didn’t had a phone, then the days came when mobiles came &conversation became easy but not that easy, I remember when I was in college days, there was phone but no feature like what’s App, telegram etc.

Normal calls and messages were exchanged, later the feature called what’s App came and sharing every moment became so easy.

Indian Constitution has given certain rights to its citizens, in which one is Right to Privacy, what’s App came into existence with few features, like instant messages , calls later the features kept on updating and life of people became easier like sharing live locations , audio messages.

Today every other person uses what’s App, what’s App has made the business also developed, as what’s App provides with business account too , where within a second you can reach to the clients and develop our skills and business. Business have reached till the international level through What’s app , the amazing thing is that within a second the client can get in touch with you virtually.

Students today feel relief as what’s app had made their studies easy where they can create a group, & share their notes. Recently, in the pandemic of COVID19, our Judicial system also adopted the technology especially what’s app, where Supreme Court passed the guidelines that Summons a& Notices can also be served through what’s app

Looking at the need of hour, what’s app is in the work of updating more new feature in it. As it has connected the entire world it too has Pro’s & Con’s.

What’s App messages are end-to-end encrypted & there are no backdoors in that security, what is not encrypted is the network /data around those messages.

It is a place where several people connect with their friends, family, relatives & colleagues. As per the reports over 2 million people across the world are active users, the new feature of the what’s app is on the way which will allow us to access on multiple device, where before once you log in through one mobile the other gets logout, but now the feature will change, it is also trying to allow the users to scan the QR code without sharing the phone numbers to add as a friend.

As the features are updating , several questions are arising in the mind of the people, but let me tell you use of the app is not bad , but using it with unawareness can put you in the big pot of problems , where you can lose your identity also.

The question is that will it be safe, can anyone without knowing to us use our number as what’s app account in other devices & chat with anyone, will it be a smooth path for fraudsters to do the crimes. May be the company will provide certain policies for the usage in multi devices , but as said before awareness is in our hand , the company can’t be held liable.

Recently Delhi Police alerted what are app users that a new modus operandi used by hackers for hijacking is what’s app to carry out the transactions, the hackers are creating fake accounts and put official what’s app logo, showing that they are from the technical team.

Cyber criminals have become smart in the new environment as so many activities have went online, As the text message appears due  to official logo the victim gets easily targeted, after these target the victims account is hacked, where further messages are sent to the friends and family asking for money, PIN, OTP.

The cyber units say that Precaution is better than cure, it advise the users to activate 2 step verification code, as a password will be needed to successfully log into the accounts.

If you find yourself in such trouble contact the cyber cell/cyber police, provide all the details of the conversation with the number, further the care will be taken by them.

Some precautions to be followed to save yourself from being victim of Cyber Crime :

·         Never use Public Wi-Fi

·         Block unknown numbers

·         Add password to personal Wi- Fi

Using social media isn’t bad but always stays aware about the dark phase where all your information can be stolen within a minute of second.