Users of Whatsapp sending
messages using different, unofficial
clients are risking to be
permanently banned from the
online messaging service. The
information comes from the
German website Mobiflip which
received several complaints from
users.
messages using different, unofficial
clients are risking to be
permanently banned from the
online messaging service. The
information comes from the
German website Mobiflip which
received several complaints from
users.
A fair share of Whatsapp users
send their messages with third-
party apps like Whatsapp+ or
WhatsappMD. These apps aren’t
available on the Google Play Store
but offer more features than the
official Whatsapp-app. A feature
for which many users install the
apps is being able to see the “last
seen” status from other users while
the user’s status remains hidden.
Recently Whatsapp started to ban
users using third-party Whatsapp-
apps and it appears the company
has now started to permanently
block them. Affected users likely
received a temporarily ban or
warning before they were
permanently blocked.
The permanent block means in
practice that Whatsapp blacklists
the banned phone number. Which
also makes it impossible to activate
and send messages using the
official Whatsapp-app.
The third-party apps are also no
longer developed. The developers
ceased development after they
received warnings from Facebook
stating their apps violate the
Whatsapp user terms.
