Yes, that's true. You can search, "chat.whatsapp.com" on Google and you'll start seeing hundreds and thousands of links for WhatsApp group chats as results. This means, literally anybody can access those links and join those groups which are meant to be private.

So exactly how did this happen? Well, Google indexes anything it can on the web. This means Google has probably indexed the WhatsApp group links if you've ever shared them online i.e., in the open web. Your private groups aren't that private after all, yeah?

Your WhatsApp groups may not be as secure as you think they are.

The "Invite to Group via Link" feature allows groups to be indexed by Google and they are generally available across the internet. With some wildcard search terms you can easily find some⦠interesting⦠groups. pic.twitter.com/hbDlyN6g3q

This problem was brought to light by a journalist in Germany named Jordan Wildon who tweeted about it on Friday. His tweet said, "Your WhatsApp groups may not be as secure as you think they are.â 

He found out that any group link that is shared outside of secure, private messaging can relatively easily be found and joined.

The worst part about this problem is that Facebook knew about this issue beforehand. They were notified about the problem last year in November. But they said it's not Facebook's problem because they're not responsible for what the search engine crawls.

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