WhatsApp a very serious problem was announced the other day that affects hundreds of millions of people all over the world, and unfortunately it was not officially recognized from the very beginning by the company. Well, things have changed radically, and now the company that develops the WhatsApp application has officially admitted that the WhatsApp application has a very serious problem due to which people's phone numbers were indexed in Google.
WhatsApp acknowledged the fact that the problem exists for the messaging platform, and although he did not categorize it as a vulnerability, he nevertheless stated that he decided to block the possibility of indexing phone numbers. This means that any of the WhatsApp users who use the messaging platform will no longer have the numbers indexed within the Google Search platform, and now searches based on the previous combination of keywords will no longer display them.
WhatsApp: Very SERIOUS problem OFFICIALLY Confirmed Today
WhatsApp did not offer much explanation about what happened, but the problem was related to a system that allows people to send messages to various phone numbers that are not in their contact book. The same system allows sending messages to companies that are active within the messaging platform, and it will not be deactivated by WhatsApp, but will remain active, only that the phone numbers will no longer appear in Google Search.
WhatsApp had in this major problem an unprecedented situation for the messaging platform, and this is because until now it has never happened that phone numbers are indexed by Google. Anyone could look for phone numbers "at discretion", and contact people, or try to trick them in order to steal their WhatsApp account, but it's good that in the end the problem disappeared, and the situation returned to normal.
WhatsApp she had a similar problem a few months ago with the fact that the conversation groups were indexed in Google Search, but even then she did not recognize that the problem came from her.
