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Re: Whatsapp Web

#11

Post by hawkice » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:47 PM UTC

I'm using Chromium, says it only supports Chrome. Can we shave some characters off the regex here?

Re: Whatsapp Web

#12

Post by danielhunt » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:48 PM UTC

Mikeb85 wrote: post #10

thomaslutz wrote: post #6

Does not work for iOS yet? Edit: "At this time, WhatsApp Web is available only for Android, Windows Phone, Nokia S60, BlackBerry and BB10 smartphones." https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/web/28080003

Apple's browser is probably lacking necessary features. They have been much slower adopting features than the competition.

It's not the browser ... the iOS app doesn't yet have the capability to scan the QR code to link your account to the website

Re: Whatsapp Web

#13

Post by mattnewton » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:51 PM UTC

Mikeb85 wrote: post #10

thomaslutz wrote: post #6

Does not work for iOS yet? Edit: "At this time, WhatsApp Web is available only for Android, Windows Phone, Nokia S60, BlackBerry and BB10 smartphones." https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/web/28080003

Apple's browser is probably lacking necessary features. They have been much slower adopting features than the competition.

That doesn't seem likely to me: what features does iOS not have right now, that this is likely to use? It seems more likely if they are targeting chrome only they did it to avoid the support overhead of making it work in multiple browsers.

Re: Whatsapp Web

#14

Post by radicalbyte » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:51 PM UTC

I thought that Whatsapp didn't store (or read) messages, and that was why it was so secure / awesome?

So how can they do this?

Re: Whatsapp Web

#15

Post by fabrice_d » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:53 PM UTC

So it seems to do some pairing between your phone and chrome? Not really what I call a web version. A real web version would run on, you know, any reasonably recent web browser.

Re: Whatsapp Web

#16

Post by arcticf0x » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:53 PM UTC

Doesn't work, apparently you need to scan the code from your phone's WhatsApp which you can't due to lack of that functionality.

Re: Whatsapp Web

#17

Post by nichochar » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:54 PM UTC

radicalbyte wrote: post #14

I thought that Whatsapp didn't store (or read) messages, and that was why it was so secure / awesome? So how can they do this?

You're mistaken, they do store. And don't hide it.

Also they don't even encrypt, they send messages over the air in plain text. YAY $16 billion!

Re: Whatsapp Web

#18

Post by balls187 » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:55 PM UTC

thomaslutz wrote: post #6

Does not work for iOS yet? Edit: "At this time, WhatsApp Web is available only for Android, Windows Phone, Nokia S60, BlackBerry and BB10 smartphones." https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/web/28080003

Assumption: WhatsApp for iOS is in the 5 business day App Store approval queue.

Re: Whatsapp Web

#19

Post by ramonck » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:56 PM UTC

Doesn't work for iOS! Better not release it then! :)

Re: Whatsapp Web

#20

Post by derefr » Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 6:56 PM UTC

nichochar wrote: post #17

radicalbyte wrote: post #14

I thought that Whatsapp didn't store (or read) messages, and that was why it was so secure / awesome? So how can they do this?

You're mistaken, they do store. And don't hide it. Also they don't even encrypt, they send messages over the air in plain text. YAY $16 billion!

Didn't WhatsApp integrate TextSecure?