WhatsApp is one such messaging application that has been used by millions of users and many also gets addicted to it. Few months back there has been a bug that causes the WhatsApp to crash and Recently it has been found that WhatsApp can be crashed in other way out.
#WhatsApp application can be crashed by sending around 4000 smileys to the recipient and by sending such an enormous amount of text it causes the recipient's #WhatsApp application to crash and will terminate.
Indrajeet Bhuyan, an independent security researcher noticed this bug and has reported it to the WhatsApp team and they are yet to patch it.
By sending 4000 smileys will make the application not responding in both the web browser and also in mobile as an application.
The crash affected more than one billion users and the crash has been noticed as success in the following versions
Android for Mobile - Marshmallow, Kitkat and Lollipop.
Web Browser - Chrome, Opera and also in Firefox browsers.
If you are in doubt that you are a victim of this bug then you have to remove the whole conversation and the video demonstration can be found here.
P.S : The post is to create awareness and not to be misused.
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