Davina McCall reveals heartwrenching WhatsApp plans she made for family and friends in case she died during her brain tumour operation

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 07:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The TV presenter, 57 underwent life-saving surgery in November 2024 after a rare colloid cyst was discovered in her brain, and though benign, it carried the risk of sudden death.

Italian founder of migrant rescue group ‘targeted with spyware’

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 12:14 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Luca Casarini is most prominent person to come forward since WhatsApp said that 90 people, across two dozen countries, had probably been hacked

The Italian founder of the NGO Mediterranea Saving Human…

Activists critical of Italian PM may have had their phones targeted by Paragon spyware, says WhatsApp

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 09:52 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Messaging app announces that 90 people, residing in two dozen countries, may have had their devices hacked

The Italian founder of the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, who has been a vocal critic of It…

Critic of Italy-Libya migration pact told he was target of Israeli spyware

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 16:22 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Husam El Gomati, who reports on links between Italian government and Libya’s coastguard, fears for his sources

A Sweden-based Libyan activist who has been a vocal critic of Italy and its dealings in L…

Italian investigative journalist targeted on WhatsApp by Israeli spyware

found 2025 › Feb › 01 (Sat) @ 08:09 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Francesco Cancellato, whose reporting exposes fascists within PM Meloni’s far-right party, condemns ‘violation’

An Italian investigative journalist who is known for exposing young fascists within prim…

LOUISE THOMPSON: I'm flaky, can take weeks to reply to a WhatsApp and am notorious for cancelling plans. Does this make me a bad friend - or have I learnt the fine art of 'life editing'?

found 2025 › Feb › 01 (Sat) @ 08:09 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

I've never been asked to be a bridesmaid. I don't have any godchildren. I am flaky: I can take weeks to reply to a WhatsApp and I am notorious for cancelling plans. Does this make me sound like a bad…

WhatsApp says its users targeted by Israeli spyware company Paragon

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 21:47 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

An official at the Meta-owned platform says it detected attempts by Paragon to hack its users' accounts.

WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 15:53 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware

Nearly 100 journalists and other members of civil society using WhatsApp, t…

My most intimate secret was cruelly exposed in our WhatsApp group chat - all because I cancelled dinner. The reaction of my 'friends' was devastating

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 20:31 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Paige and I had been tight since our university days. She was there through my first pregnancy, through my meltdown when I found out I was having twins on round two. How could she betray me like this?

Whatsapp users sent urgent warning over popular feature as messaging app issue security update

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 20:31 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

If you use the View Once tool, there's bad news, as WhatsApp has uncovered a glitch. Worryingly, that means any pictures you've sent with View Once could still be saved on the recipient's phone.