We want you to always be able to keep in touch with WhatsApp with your family, friends and work staff, which is why we do not distract you with intrusive advertising. About our attitude to advertising, and also about the service Whatsapp paid or not, Learn more from this article. We require a small subscription fee. I want to emphasize that the WhatssApp application never carries out an automatic transfer of funds.
Download the application absolutely free on your mobile device and use the system for free throughout 12 months. In the future, subscribe for the next year, paying for everything 99 cents.
There is a cumulative subscription system, respectively, when paying a year in advance, the amount will be added to the current term and You can use the application for free for another year.There is no difference between free and paid application development. There is only a difference in use. Please note that when you uninstall or reinstall the system, the subscription will not be deleted.
WhatsApp calls and SMS function is completely free
Spam is distributed among the Russian clientele of this application, where there is false information that the system requires payment for each notification. The text of these messages is designed so that people pay attention to it. Last fall among Russian citizens who are clients of the application Whatsapp, mass notifications have spread that every October you need to pay for each message. The spam claimed that only passive customers had to pay, and in order to prove their activity, it was necessary to send spam to ten people. Recall that WhatsApp is a competitor to the free Viber messenger, and the Telegram messenger from the creator Pavel Durov is very popular abroad.
How to check if your WhatsApp account is paid or not?
We go in Settings -Account - Payment Information
Please note that on the official portal whatsapp apps and in the blogs of its creators, there was never information that the messenger in the future will require payment for the service. Moreover, in style, this newsletter resembles spam that was regularly sent to ISQ customers. In the notifications, it was also required to send messages to 10 users, for which the page will be saved, and as a reward the client will receive ICQ design in gold or blue. is one of the most popular appsallowing quick exchange of data transfer via the Internet, saving money on payment for SMS. Using the application is completely free for one year, and in the future it is necessary to pay only 99 cents per year.
0 CommentsRecently, with the help of the messenger, which is most often used by users for communication, it has become possible to call other subscribers. The main thing is that their phones are in the contact list, and they also used the application. Thanks to the expanding capabilities of the service, many people are wondering if paid calls are on whatsapp?
This question arises from almost everyone who has already connected to the program, since even when it is activated, it becomes clear that it interacts directly with the SIM card. But first, everyone should know that the messenger works only if there is a stable Internet connection. Further, he needs to understand a simple thing: the service provides a user package to all connected people, which includes free use of the application for the first year. Including the possibility of voice communication with other subscribers, and then - you will need to pay only $ 0.99 for 365 days. At the same time, the answer to the frequently asked question cannot be precisely answered, since the service developer has not yet provided information regarding any tariffs.
Therefore, we can assume that they do not exist. This means that no call charges will be charged. In this case, in any case, the funds will go to pay for traffic according to the connected tariff from a particular provider.
Are whatsapp calls paid when using Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE?
If wi-Fi point is unlimited, then payment is made once a month for using the Internet. In this case, the caller does not need to pay anything for the call. Funds are not even charged if one of the people is roaming, but only if the access point is shared or unlimited. In other circumstances, communication is charged on the terms of a mobile operator.
If a 3G network is used, then the cost of calls is calculated directly by the company that provides the services. In this case, the volume in megabytes of information sent and received is taken into account. During the calculation of the cost, not only text messages, but also media files, as well as voice communication are taken into account. To find out the exact price of a kilobyte of information, you must contact the provider.
Are whatsapp calls paid when using the EDGE mobile point? Such a question is almost irrelevant, because this method data transmission is of poor quality. But if a person still decides to use it, then he will have to pay a lot more than when using 3G or Wi-Fi.
Modern messengers count millions of users who use various devices for communication. Every year the program is significantly improved, the stability of work and the reliability of the connection are increased. In 2017, developers made changes that are related to the support of certain operating systems. The changes introduced determine what a large number of Users will no longer be able to use the messenger to communicate.
What operating systems are listed?
WhatsApp will stop working with the following operating systems:
- Android 2.1 and Android 2.2.
- 7.1 and iOS 6.
- 10 and Blackberry OS.
Despite the fact that these operating systems are quite rare, some users from Russia and other CIS countries have devices on them.
In order to use Vatsap, you will have to upgrade the OS or buy a new device.
What is the reason for this decision of the developers?
The developers decided to take this step due to the fact that these operating systems do not support many functions that are introduced and will be added to Whatsapp in the future. Note that the above operating systems came out a few years ago and a huge number of add-ons were released.
Support for older versions of operating systems leads to significant costs that can be redirected to the development of new features for modern devices. That is why over time, other operating systems will fall into the black list, which will account for an insignificant number of users.
The decision in question was also made due to a significant change in the market situation. mobile devices. The rapid increase in the number of users requires investment in the development of new servers that will withstand the load. Failure to support older operating systems will allow developers to focus on the main consumer, who often uses latest versions OS due to the integration of automatic updates.
In conclusion, we note that the messenger in question can be called one of the most popular because of the presence of just a huge number of functions. Its appearance has turned the world of mobile devices upside down, developers are constantly releasing updates, coming up with new features, which makes the Whatsapp messenger one of the most attractive offers to date.
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A wave of spam swept over a popular messenger
WhatsApp users suffer from the multitude of emails that are distributed by their friends. Despite the fact that messages are explicitly spam in nature, many themselves contribute to their distribution. Experts are sure that letters do not carry any threat to smartphones, and we are actually talking about “letters of happiness” that migrated from mailboxes to the online environment. However, getting rid of such spam is almost impossible, since its authors use IT-illiteracy of people.
Whatsapp filled up with "letters"
Users of the popular WhatsApp messenger in recent weeks have come across strange messages allegedly coming from the WhatsApp administration. The first version of the letter contains several messages at once (apparently, made up of earlier versions), the essence of which boils down to the fact that you need to send this message to your contacts. Moreover, the reasons are called different: to update the messenger, to confirm their activity, to update emoticons, to continue to use for free.
Despite the fact that messages are in the nature of outright spam, many users fell into the trap of the authors of the newsletter, and “letters of happiness” began to roam the Web.
Legacy of ICQ and the classic "letters of happiness"
The first version of the letter can be easily found on the Web. Its use began several years ago.
This is a typical "letter of happiness", which appeared in the form of messages that rushed to mailboxes with a request “to rewrite this message 15 times, be sure to handwritten, and toss it into other boxes” with examples of those who did it, surely waiting for luck, but not for those who did it - terrible failure, ”says Alexander Galkin, company’s development engineer Microsoft and real time columnist. - Even at the dawn of the development of instant messaging services, it migrated to the ICQ messenger, popular in the 90s, where a different color flower was used as an indicator (red - offline, green - connected). Therefore, if the letter mentions that the status indicator will turn blue or something else, it’s just a variation of the ICQ version of the happiness letter that first migrated to Odnoklassniki and the instant messenger from Mail.Ru, then to Skype, and now I got to WhatsApp. The purpose of this message is to simply create a stream of unnecessary junk messages, have fun.
“The purpose of this message is simply to create a stream of unnecessary junk messages, have some fun,” comments Alexander Galkin. Photo facebook.com
Actually, its distribution on WhatsApp began in 2013. It was then that the first massive wave of such spam was recorded. After that there were a few more bursts. The last major one was in 2015.
The fact that these are unofficial mailings is immediately evident in the spelling of the application name - WhatsUp instead of WhatsApp, official developers do not make such mistakes, not to mention other, already spelling, errors, explains Alexander Kalinin, head of CERT Group-IB.
Horror stories about paid messages are also designed for those who are new to the messenger. The fact is that previously WhatsApp was already paid: after the first year of using the program, users had to pay a nominal fee of $ 0.99 for each year of use. However, the administration of the messenger canceled this condition from January of this year.
“Horror story” about the “advertising monster” Facebook
The second message was created specifically for WhatsApp. It reminds that the messenger was bought by Facebook, and now it is filled up with advertising from the social network, if you do not perform certain operations in the settings. In fact, the sale took place back in 2014, and Facebook still has not combined it with the company's messenger.
The sale to Facebook allowed to keep the messenger application free of charge, ”says Alexander Galkin. “However, according to the popular Internet quote:“ if you don’t pay for something, it means that you are not a client here, but a product! ”, The cost of creating and maintaining the infrastructure in constant readiness for sending messages is far from small, therefore To continue the work of such a service, you need to have a monetization plan. It would be relatively “simple” to place an advertising banner directly in the application itself, but this is exactly what the WhatsApp creators did not want from the very beginning. Therefore, a model was chosen in which those messages that he sends, pictures, etc., are analyzed by automatic algorithms, and on the basis of this, the user is shown the correctly selected advertisement in other facebook apps (primarily in the application itself social network or on her website). And the message sent to users just pays attention to it.
According to Galkin, like any message of this kind, it contains elements of exaggeration and intimidation that are used to enhance the effect: “It is allegedly said that after some time this setting cannot be changed (which is not true, the setting is already there more than 3 months and didn’t disappear anywhere) and that if you remove it, then Facebook will not receive information from your phone (a check mark only limits the possibility of using this information, and not the fact of its receipt by Facebook, which is not even specified). I think that initially the authors were driven by the desire to draw attention to the protection and use of personal information by large corporations - I saw similar messages regarding settings in Windows 10, regarding Facebook and Google. However, as the message spreads, new facts grow like new “dead phones”, gradually turning into a kind of first message. ”
“There may be a risk if there is some link in the message that leads to a third-party resource with exiting the application,” said Yefim Klimov. Photo facebook.com
Harmless but annoying
According to experts, there is no direct threat to the “letter of happiness”.
There may be a risk if there is some link in the message that leads to a third-party resource with exiting the application, ”said Yefim Klimov, CEO of Etton IT company. - You can get some kind of virus. Or if you open a browser window and enter your personal data, attackers can gain access to them. The message itself, which is sent from one user to another user inside the application, is safe.
Another problem may be the transfer of files, but the letters of happiness also do not contain them.
Forwarding the message to friends simply leads to the further distribution of the message, there are no other (tangible) problems here, as long as you send just a message in the form of text, and not a binary file into which a virus or trojan can be added, Galkin develops. - It is unlikely that at the current level of development of the messaging infrastructure this will lead to overload and system failure - it will simply annoy users with a large number of contacts who will receive these messages from many channels. Making any changes to the configuration of the applications or the computer may already lead to more serious consequences.
Galkin believes that it’s very difficult to defend against such messages, since they use “social engineering” - IT illiteracy of some users: “You can get sick in the cake, but someone’s mother will send such messages anyway after 20 explanations, when she accidentally receives them from someone from her contacts. The right decision is simply to ignore, and if a person really cannot understand, then explain. ”
However, there is still a certain danger in the “letters of happiness,” says Alexander Kalinin: “In the above messages, requests and recommendations are safe, but once you get used to performing the actions sent to you in the newsletters, you may sometimes not notice how you made completely inconsistent actions that could lead to serious consequences, such as loss of cash. Similar methods are still used by scammers who literally zombie their victims over the phone, forcing them to part with their savings on their own, without resorting to any technical means. And such victims are not only people of retirement age, as is commonly believed. ”
The usual functionality of the application is known to everyone: blocking extraneous contacts. But if friends send it out, there's nothing to be done about it, argues Klimov.
P.S. other material about spam attacks:
Dmitry Semyagin
