WhatsApp is going after unauthorized third-party apps that are designed to work with the popular messaging system.
Users sometimes access third-party clients that offer add-ons for more customization inside of WhatsApp. Now the Facebook-owned service has issued at least one cease-and-desist order to an Android app called WhatsApp+.
On Google+, a WhatsApp+ spokesman announced that the third-party app was shutting down after warnings from WhatsApp.
"Due to the circumstances that arose, and the fact that WhatsApp Inc issued a cease and desist letter to WhatsApp+, the official WhatsApp+ community is shutting down for good and will be removed by the end of the day," reads the statement, which was posted on Wednesday. Read more...
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