Here’s to Cold Beer, Sunsets, and Democracy in Sierra Leone

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I am in Sierra Leone to research the ways social media, and particularly WhatsApp, is being used in the election. Online, too, the campaign is relentless—so much so that I have had to mute all the WhatsApp groups I'm in to stop my phone buzzing incessantly in my pocket. I need some respite for an hour …

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Police track down drug dealer after figuring out his fingerprint from a WhatsApp PHOTO of his hand

Police in Wales located a drug dealer by studying a photo of his hand that showed part of his fingerprint. The unprecedented technique was used to arrest not only one criminal but also 10 more the drug dealer worked with, according to BBC. Police workers found a photo of the …

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Police used picture of a partial fingerprint to convict drug dealers

Police in Wales used the partial fingerprint of a suspect that appeared in a photo on a mobile phone seized by police to connect the dots and help secure 11 convictions. After making an arrest in Bridgend, west of Cardiff, police discovered a photo in a WhatsApp thread which showed …

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First WhatsApp update since Facebook privacy scandal will make a massive change to messaging

According to a report on WABetaInfo, the latest version of WhatsApp for Android (2.8.113) will allow users to redownload older media files from the company's servers. But it only seems to go back so far – beyond that users will be given a message asking the sender to re-send the …