WhatsApp is implementing a new limit when sending files through the app. Until now, a user could only send files and documents up to 100 MB: now the limit is 2 GB . Today we tell you why this can open a new door to scams, deception and fraudulent behavior. You must be careful with the files you receive!
Now it is easier to infect a mobile through WhatsApp
Sending 100MB files limited users to sending documents, small videos, and personal files. WhatsApp bumping up the tier to 2GB means everyone will be able to send just about anything via WhatsApp . This opens the door to more attractive files.
Until now, sending a movie via WhatsApp , in addition to being illegal, was not possible due to the 100 MB limit. Now it is still illegal, but it is possible technically speaking. From now on you will be able to receive movies, series or documentaries through WhatsApp .
In the eyes of an average user, it may be positive, but the reality is that a new door of scams and the arrival of malware on devices is opening. An experienced hacker needs very little to gain access to your mobile. An infected file may be enough.
Until now, running a file infected by WhatsApp was not at all easy. A document, PDF or song does not have much appeal today. A movie, the last chapters of a series or a documentary does have this appeal.
Do you see the problem? The new limit opens the door to sending very attractive files to users, which are relatively easy for a knowledgeable user to infect. Taking the latest Spiderman movie, infecting it, and distributing it via WhatsApp doesn’t seem too complicated.
Be very careful with the files you download
Downloading a WhatsApp file is the same as doing it from an internet website. Once it’s on your mobile it could camouflage itself and wreak havoc. This has been possible for years, although in a much less attractive way due to the nature of the files sent.
With movies or series, a very dangerous door could be opened to malware that arrives through WhatsApp . What do you think about this? Do you think it’s possible?
