With WhatsApp being the most popular messaging app globally, we can only imagine the amount of URLs that are sent and received on it every day. However, one address seems to cause in the pro version Android serious problem.
As discovered by an ethical hacker going by the name Twitter Brute Bee, sending the URL wa.me/settings causes WhatsApp to crash in a loop. The problem seems to only affect androidversions, both in consumer and business versions. The website confirmed the problem Android Authority, according to which the tested device was running version 2.23.10.77. As he noted, the problem may affect other versions as well.
Normally the address would wa.me/settings she was referring to WhatsApp settings. IN androidhowever, the latest version of the app will cause constant crashes. When the app restarts, it works normally, but if you try to access the chat again, the app starts crashing again. Fortunately, no other chats are affected, so this "failure loop" can be avoided by not reopening that particular chat.
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The easiest temporary solution to the problem is to use WhatsApp on the web, which is not affected by this bug, and delete the message with the URL. This will bring things back to normal. It can be assumed that Meta is aware of the issue and will soon release an update with the appropriate fix.
Hello, I would like to ask if it also falls on the poor person.
We haven't really tried it, so we can't confirm or deny. Anyway, if he sends it from the iPhone or the web, then of course not.