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I got my first ever spam on whatsapp the other day from someone who had never been a contact, and there seems to be no way whatsoever to prevent it. So maybe th

by jamespo 11y ago

I got my first ever spam on whatsapp the other day from someone who had never been a contact, and there seems to be no way whatsoever to prevent it. So maybe they should hire 1 more engineer to work on spam.

arihant 11y ago
Adding more privacy controls would sort of kill the point of it as SMS killer. You can block specific people. What they should control is the APIs that are popping up like promotional SMS with support for Whatsapp. These companies are obviously circumventing their endpoints.
- mobiuscog 11y ago
  I have to disagree. Whitelisting should always be an option - it's simple to achieve technically and allows the consumer to have complete control. Edit: And the fact there is no whitelisting is also the reason I removed the app from my phone.
ghshephard 11y ago
What version of Whatsapp/Platform are you using - newer versions of Whatsapp have spam blocking features. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/whatsapp-rolls-out-new-spam-blocker-feature-1497715 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/whatsapp-rolls-out-new-spam-blocker...
- berdario 11y ago
  That only works with direct messages. Spammers have upped their ante, and they are now sending spam by adding you to group messages which (when I looked it up) don't allow you to report them as spammer (you can still block them, but that doesn't prevent a spam epidemy)
  - jamespo 11y ago
    Exactly how I was spammed, and I echo someone else's comments that I can't believe you can't activate a whitelist.
verytrivial 11y ago
I installed whatsapp and the first three messages I received were spam, all within about 30 minutes. I uninstalled whatsapp.
- txrit 11y ago
  I've used it for at least 4 years, only got one spam message ever. I blocked the sender. I didn't uninstall whatsapp.
jlewallen 11y ago
I just recently started using WhatsApp for some international travel and to communicate with friends abroad and haven't received any spam for several months. I've also found it to be far superior than regular SMS, especially in group settings with people using different operating systems and would probably keep using it had I received the occasional spam (as I do with many other services, Skype, E-Mail, etc...)
ohitsdom 11y ago
How long have you been using whatsapp? Because only one spam message sounds like it's not a huge problem...

by jamespo 11y ago

arihant 11y ago

Adding more privacy controls would sort of kill the point of it as SMS killer. You can block specific people. What they should control is the APIs that are popping up like promotional SMS with support for Whatsapp. These companies are obviously circumventing their endpoints.

mobiuscog 11y ago
I have to disagree. Whitelisting should always be an option - it's simple to achieve technically and allows the consumer to have complete control. Edit: And the fact there is no whitelisting is also the reason I removed the app from my phone.

ghshephard 11y ago

What version of Whatsapp/Platform are you using - newer versions of Whatsapp have spam blocking features. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/whatsapp-rolls-out-new-spam-blocker-feature-1497715 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/whatsapp-rolls-out-new-spam-blocker...

berdario 11y ago
That only works with direct messages. Spammers have upped their ante, and they are now sending spam by adding you to group messages which (when I looked it up) don't allow you to report them as spammer (you can still block them, but that doesn't prevent a spam epidemy)
- jamespo 11y ago
  Exactly how I was spammed, and I echo someone else's comments that I can't believe you can't activate a whitelist.

verytrivial 11y ago

I installed whatsapp and the first three messages I received were spam, all within about 30 minutes. I uninstalled whatsapp.

txrit 11y ago
I've used it for at least 4 years, only got one spam message ever. I blocked the sender. I didn't uninstall whatsapp.

jlewallen 11y ago

I just recently started using WhatsApp for some international travel and to communicate with friends abroad and haven't received any spam for several months. I've also found it to be far superior than regular SMS, especially in group settings with people using different operating systems and would probably keep using it had I received the occasional spam (as I do with many other services, Skype, E-Mail, etc...)

ohitsdom 11y ago

How long have you been using whatsapp? Because only one spam message sounds like it's not a huge problem...