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The third day of the final Test match between India and Australia at the Brisbane Cricket Ground ended on a high note for Ajinkya Rahane’s squad despite the top batting order crumbling in the first two sessions.
And the biggest reason behind a comeback in the Gabba Test is the incredible 100+ run partnership between bowling all-rounders Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar after names like Rishabh Pant, Mayank Agarwal and the skipper himself failed to deliver.
After Thakur’s maiden half-century in the longest format of the game, Virat Kohli tweeted from his official social media handle, congratulating the Palghar-born on his potentially series-saving innings for his side.
Outstanding application and belief by @Sundarwashi5 and @imShard. This is what test cricket is all about. Washy top composure on debut and tula parat maanla re Thakur!
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 17, 2021
“Outstanding application and belief by @Sundarwashi5 and @imShard. This is what test cricket is all about. Washy top composure on debut and tula parat maanla re Thakur,” Kohli wrote.
Complimenting Thakur on his staggering innings, Kohli commended how the 29-year-old held his own against the most devastating bowling attack in the world and smashed some of confident, neat-looking strokes versus the likes of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.
While talking to Harsha Bhogle and Glenn McGrath, on Sony Six’s Extraaa Innings, Manjrekar went on a talking spree explaining the meaning of Kohli’s tweet while also explaining how he was sitting in an airport lounge explaining to Kohli the ways to appreciate a good performance in Marathi.
Many fans of Indian cricket eventually got bugged by the former Indian batsman’s extreme pride in translating the skipper’s message and begged him to stop talking.
Virat Kohli tweets a bit in Marathi about Shardul Thakur and Sanjay Manjrekar talks about it till the time Thakur retires , we didn't have Sanjay in the https://t.co/aoDkwGuirK for most of the second session, why did he come back? #AUSvIND
— Aditya (@CAA_256) January 17, 2021Yes. Manjrekar just said. Virat asked him to tell something creative in marathi.
— Jayesh (@jayeshvk16) January 17, 2021Manjrekar is so happy translating Marathi, an exclusive privilege, to Agarkar who is also a Marathi :)
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) January 17, 2021Manjrekar orgasming at Virat tweeting in Marathi
— AR🤙 (@Arv_2110) January 17, 2021Thakur and Sundar’s partnership started after the fall of Rishabh Pant when India were at 186 in the 67th over. The duo collated a massive and essential 123 runs for the seventh wicket following which Thakur was bowled by a blistering delivery by Cummins in the 103rd over.
Although the Men in Blue could not match or exceed Australia’s first innings total, Thakur and Sundar did an exceptional job in slimming the deficit and keeping their side still in contention. India will retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy if they win or draw the Brisbane Test while Australia need a win to get back the trophy.
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Ranveer Singh has always been popular for his rather unconventional style aesthetic. In fact, over the years, his personal style has evolved more than any of his contemporary actors and reflects his personality completely today. Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit us last year, he left no stone unturned in serving us with off-centric OOTDs, now that we've stepped into the new year, and considerable relaxations are in place as far as the pandemic is concerned, it looks like he is back to strutting his bizarre style.
View this post on InstagramFor a recent airport look this week, Ranveer Singh was seen outside in an outfit with a Sherlock Holmes aesthetic. Sherlock Holmes's aesthetic can be defined by slim-fitting bespoke suits. Sherlock's suits are purposely plain that is often paired with slim-leg pants and a fitted two-button long, sweeping jacket. The suit is Sherlock's uniform or signature style, and he would never stray from it.
Here's what Ranveer Singh's outfit looked like:
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Ranveer Singh was seen wearing a pair of white skinny pants with a grey high-neck pullover which is a typical Sherlock aesthetic. He paired that with a grey jacket. He completed the look with Louis Vuitton's Monogram Bob Hat which is priced at 590 Dollars which comes down to Rs. 52,000 approximately. He also wore Louis Vuitton’s Pre-Fall 2020 monogram sneaker which retails at 910 Dollars which comes down to Rs. 66,000 approximately.
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Just his accessories in this outfit, together come down to a whopping Rs.1,18,000. Clearly, this is an outfit that has been elevated by its starry accessories.
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Vikrant Massey has a big lineup of films this year which includes projects like Haseen Dilruba, Love Hostel, and 14 Phere. Since he has already proved his brilliant acting skills in shows like Mirzapur and Criminal Justice we can't wait to see him in the upcoming features in 2021.
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He's also done acclaimed films like Cargo, Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, and Ginny Weds Sunny, what we find Vikrant has in common with his characters is his quirky personal aesthetic. In fact, his sense of style, almost like his films, changes from one film to another. Currently, his style can be defined as more relaxed and inhibited. However, once he starts promoting his films, his outfits give a tough competition to the most popular street drips.
But currently, Vikrant is shooting for his film, so we mostly spot him in his off-duty outfits. Case in point a recent ensemble. Take a look at the outfit here:
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Vikrant was seen wearing a fitted flannel shirt in red and black colourways with a pair of crisp blue skinny jeans. To complete the look he wore a pair of black espadrilles.
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He's not the only actor who has been wearing espadrilles frequently to style his outfits. Tiger Shroff and Saif Ali Khan, both are often spotted on the streets in espadrilles in varying colours, in fact, Tiger has worn nothing espadrilles in the last couple of months. It looks like making an outfit effortless with a pair of espadrilles has become a new trend in Bollywood. You can get a pair of espadrilles too if you have a similar outfit in mind.
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Regardless, this is clearly the perfect example of a great off-duty outfit.
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Initially, the card will be issued to some 360,000 labourers in the province, says Labour Minister Saeed Ghani
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WhatsApp's move backfires as users term it to be a breach of privacy
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Asad Umar says NCOC has already allowed provinces and private hospitals to import COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved by Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan (DRAP)
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'I started drinking too much around the time of Justice League,' said Ben Affleck
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Thomas Markle's film will shed light on Meghan Markle?s pre-royal days
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Sara Ali Khan credits her mother Amrita Singh for her success
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Uptick in import payment, particularly oil, may hamper Pakistani rupee stability against US dollar, says trader
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Armeena Khan posted her mirror selfie and wrote, 'I didn?t buy much this year'
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Ever since this pandemic, I have been thinking about setting up my own server at home for storing my image, video and audio backups that I can access on any device. While Google Drive has served me well in the past, I am now running out of storage space for images and videos that I shoot for work. I also have a massive DVD collection that I have converted to digital files which I need access to from to time. Now that DVD players are non-existent, the only way to watch content is via streaming.
A solution to all these problems is the Synology DS220j, a personal cloud solution for backups and data sharing. The DS220j has countless uses including accessing your media files on phones, smart TVs and streaming boxes and even helps in storing video footage from CCTV cameras. From music to videos to images, the DS220j can store everything.
Which Is The Best Hard Drive For NAS © MensXP_Akshay Bhalla
While Synology only sells the NAS (network-attached storage) enclosures which means you need to get your own HDD for storing data. There are plenty of options available but we recommended getting the WD RED or WD RED Pro HDDs for this purpose. These drives are the industry standard amongst “data hoarders” simply because they are more reliable and specifically optimised for NAS systems. For the DS220j, we used 2X 6TB WD Red Pro drives for storing innumerable amounts of data such as images, movies, music and our entire PC backup.
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The drives are built specifically for Synology’s RAID feature and come with a 5-year warranty. These drives are meant to be kept on 24/7 and work flawlessly with Synology’s RAID error recovery control feature. Last but not least, for streaming content, you need HDDs that have a high RPM and these drives can go up to 7200rpm. A simple search on Google and Reddit will yield that the WD Red line of HDDs are the industry standard for network-attached storages. So, for the purpose of this guide, we decided to go with the best and in our experience, these drives worked like a charm.
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When it comes to setting up, the DS220j is fairly straight forward. As the enclosure uses the SATA interface, you can essentially plug in the hard drives and get started with the setup. You do have to put in some screws though for better protection and keeping the HDDs in place. The exclusive has LED indicators and a small opening at the back for airflow keeping the drives cool. In addition, there is a Gigabit LAN port and three USB 3 ports.
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Once you are done setting up and plugging in the DS220j with LAN, all you need to do is start a browser and load the IP address. You can locate the IP address from your router’s interface or use the DiskStation Manager (DSM) setup wizard. Once you’re done setting up the IP address, Server Name and your Synology account; its time to get rolling with transferring files. Since the DS220j is connected to the network via LAN, you can now transfer your files from the computer without using any external drives. You simply drag and drop folders as you like. I had setup a few folders such as movies, images, music and ebooks. After the transfer of your files is complete, you can now setup your media server via using a Plex Account.
Streaming Your Content You will first need to download the Plex Media Server app for the package center; Synology’s sort of app store. Once downloaded, Plex will automatically setup the media server with the DS220j after you have signed in. You are now almost ready to stream your own content on your phone, smart TV and media player. Click on the Plex Media Server, go to Settings and set up your directory path from the menu. Once the remote patch from Plex has been mapped, the app will automatically start indexing content from your enclosure.
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In order to start viewing your content, you need to make sure you are on the same network as the DS220j on your device and have the Plex app installed. Plex is available on Android, iOS, Android TV, Apple TV, Samsung Smart TVs, LG Smart TVs and every other major Android smart TV out there. Once you’ve signed in to Plex from your smartphone or TV, your entire library will be viewable and you can start watching right away. Thanks to being on the local network, you don’t experience any form of buffering problems either as you simply play audio or videos directly from the HDD. If you wish to watch content on your smartphone or tablet from anywhere, you will have to setup a virtual network on your router if it supports its and connect to the DS220j via that method.
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The Ubiquiti Dream Machine is capable of doing that however there are plenty of other routers that have the same feature by default. Having said that, when playing content remotely, the DS200j will transcode the video and the enclosure’s Realtek RTD1296 1.4Ghz quad-core processor and 2GB RAM is only capable of running one stream at a time. Since this is an entry-level NAS enclosure, you can’t really upgrade the hardware with this model however you can do so with some of Synology’s other models. When viewing content from the same network, you can have multiple devices streaming content at the same time without any problems.
Apart from streaming your own content, you can also use the DS22j for taking backups of your devices and in turn take a backup of your backup. You can use Synology’s RAID feature which basically takes an automatic backup of your stored files. In the event of a hard drive failing, you will still have access to all of your data however there is a drawback to this solution. The feature basically reduces the total usable storage space by half, in our case that would be 6TB as the other 6TB was being used for the automatic backup.
Why The Synology DS22j? © MensXP_Akshay Bhalla
The Synology DS220j enclosure is the perfect starting point for beginners and it does not take too much space. It’s ideal for saving backup data or running a home media server to stream video, music, audiobooks and other tasks that can be automated. If you’ve always been wondering how one can set up a media server of their own, the Synology DS22j is the perfect way to go.
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Elderly people above the age of 75 who had underlying health problems died after taking the Pfizer vaccine in Norway. The number for the number of people affected by the vaccine went up to 29 as of last night. The country inoculated more than 25,000 citizens since the vaccination drive however it seems the vaccine is causing severe side effects for people who are elderly and have prior health problems.
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It was assumed that people above the age of 80 were thought to be in the danger zone but after the first six deaths, Norway lowered it to 75. The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are the only two vaccines available in the country and all the deaths that occurred are seen to be linked with the vaccination according to the Norwegian Medicines Agency (NMA). It is worthy to point out that this specific vaccine is different from India’s Covaxin and Covishield. India started the world’s biggest vaccine drive yesterday with the two vaccines which you can read all about here.
The side effects to the vaccine that most people experience is nausea and vomiting, fever, and worsening of their underlying condition. The Scandinavian country now suggests that the Pfizer vaccine may be too risky for elderly vulnerable patients. “For those with the most severe frailty, even relatively mild vaccine side effects can have serious consequences,” the country said. “For those who have a very short remaining life span anyway, the benefit of the vaccine may be marginal or irrelevant.”
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In a statement, Pfizer said: "Pfizer and BioNTech are aware of reported deaths following the administration of BNT162b2. We are working with NOMA to gather all the relevant information.
"All reported deaths will be thoroughly evaluated by NOMA to determine if these incidents are related to the vaccine. The Norwegian government will also consider adjusting their vaccination instructions to take the patients` health into more consideration.”
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The captain of the Australian Test team, Tim Paine is once again in the news despite trying his best to be at the top of his behaviour after facing flak following the Sydney Cricket Ground debacle during the third Test.
During the fourth and final match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy however, the wicket-keeper batsman is under the microscope for taking some bad reviews against the on-field umpire’s judgement while hoping to get a wicket or two.
Off the thigh pad, Australia lose a review.
Good decision by Blocker #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/MMOZ8k6QbS
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2021
On Day 3 of the Gabba Test, Paine’s first DRS review failed to go in their favour when he challenged the official’s call on a caught-behind appeal on Mayank Agarwal. Replays confirmed that the ball had not only rushed past the bat unscathed, the distance between the two was also significant.
Later in the final session of the day, Paine went for yet another review that made everyone around him, including the commentators scratch their heads because it was even worse than the first one.
That review didn't work
Moving on #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/LAUPlYmDS8
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2021
After the dismissal of Shardul Thakur at the end of a phenomenal 67-run innings, came tailender Navdeep Saini. Off a short ball, Saini immediately pulled his bat and himself away from any chances of a potential connect and the delivery went into the gloves of the keeper.
Despite no evident noise or diversion in the trajectory of the ball, Paine ended up taking the DRS after a brief conversation with Matthew Wade who was standing at short leg.
Looking at the replays, cricket fans from either side of the rivalry are on the Aussie skipper’s case for desperately trying to work out a miracle and get rid of the Indian lower batting order.
Desperate Review system (DRS) for tired Aussie
— Amitesh anand (@amiteshnnd43) January 17, 2021Thats not review... thats frustration 🤣🤣
— De V (@vDeepak43) January 17, 2021 pic.twitter.com/qabBqmAAKN
— Ashwin (@ashw__in) January 17, 2021After that I don't think you could believe anything Wade says ever again #whatwaswadethinking
— Grant Turner (@GT8699) January 17, 2021Over the series, Paine has established a name for himself for being extremely bad with the DRS reviews and for unnecessarily questioning the judgement of the cricket officials when things did not go his way.
Back in the penultimate Test, the captain was also fined 15 percent of his match fee for losing his cool against the umpire’s decision and losing a review against Cheteshwar Pujara’s dismissal.
At the end of Team India’s first innings, the hosts lead by 33 runs and will look to extend it over the next couple of days. India will retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy if they win or draw the Brisbane Test while Australia need a win to get back the trophy.
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The final Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Brisbane Cricket Ground is seeing some commendable last stand by the lower-middle order of the batting order as bowling all-rounders Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur as sitting on a 76-run partnership at the end of the 90th over.
Looking at a 369-run total to match in the first innings of the Gabba Test, the Men in Blue found themselves in a bit of trouble after the opening duo of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were wrapped up in the first session of their batting on Day 2.
Nathan Lyon's 397th Test wicket seemed to come out of nowhere and the Aussies were pumped! #OhWhatAFeeling #AUSvIND | @Toyota_Aus pic.twitter.com/rIhl4ZjbTu
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 16, 2021
Team India’s woes continued to get the better of them on the following day as well, as big names like skipper Ajinkya Rahane, Mayank Agarwal and Rishabh Pant gave up their wickets while going for avoidable shots.
Already struggling to put up a decent Playing XI ahead of the last match, the fans of the visiting side were low on hope after Pant's dismissal as he was the last thoroughbred batsman India had in the lineup.
As the southpaw walked towards the pavilion, in came Shardul Thakur to join Washington Sundar in the middle and thus began an unexpected partnership, not even the Australians had planned for.
A brilliant 50-run partnership comes up between @Sundarwashi5 & @imShard.
Live - https://t.co/gs3dZfTNNo #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/LFVrzeLAe3
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 17, 2021Washington looks the part!
Live #AUSvIND: https://t.co/IzttOVtrUu pic.twitter.com/aiKL1BbF29
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2021Trailing by 183 runs when the sixth wicket fell, Thakur and Sundar have rallied their side to trail by less than 100 runs and have allowed them a decent chance in at Gabba despite the early losses.
During their time at the pitch, some of the shots the duo has played look absolutely textbook in technique, regardless of the fact that they are facing the most devastating bowling attack in international cricket at the moment.
Shardul crunches a "Steve Waugh-like" cover drive says Mike Hussey.
Live #AUSvIND: https://t.co/IzttOVtrUu pic.twitter.com/UPEKp8g7gg
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2021
On more than one occasion, names like Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon have appeared to be frustrated and out of options while bowling to the two inexperienced batters.
Thakur also went on to smash a stunning maximum to achieve his first half century in international Test career off Lyon in 96th over.
Fans of the Indian cricket team were certainly impressed with the performance of the two unexpected talents and were sure that they were “out of syllabus” for the Australian bowlers who’d solely prepared for traditional batsmen like Cheteshwar Pujara and Rahane.
Australians prepared for Rohit ,Gill, Rahane , Pujara, Pant , Agarwal.
Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur is out syllabus.#sundar #Shardul #starc #AUSvsIND #AskTheExperts @SonySportsIndia
— Geetansh (@geetanshpandey2) January 17, 2021Gabba the Dhaba for these two guys.
Brilliant from Sundar and Thakur. pic.twitter.com/NouAYYFyN4
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 17, 2021WASHINGTON SUNDAR - so classy, elegant drives & razor-sharp focus
SUNDAR & THAKUR define counter-attack, unreal batting
🇮🇳⚡@Sundarwashi5 #AUSvIND
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) January 17, 2021Oh that’s just brilliant. Hats off to Thakur. And Sundar. This is worthy of a movie. #AUSvIND
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) January 17, 2021
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Day three of the fourth and final match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy at the Brisbane Cricket Ground has turned out to be a house of horror for the Indian cricket team as some of the top-tier batsmen gave up their wickets on avoidable shots.
The nightmare began early on Day 2 when Rohit Sharma mistimed an unnecessary shot and lofted an easy catch in the secure hands of Mitchell Starc in the middle of the field, despite looking like a disciplined hitter until a ball ago.
Sharma’s shot received so much criticism that the ‘Hitman’ ended up explaining himself in a video uploaded by the official Twitter handle of the BCCI.
Rohit Sharma on his dismissal in the first innings at the Gabba Test.#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/aIReacNKmP
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 16, 2021
The poor shot-selection stint continued to flow down to the middle order as skipper Ajinkya Rahane, who gave off a thick edge off a Starc delivery for Matthew Wade to get a comfortable catch in the slip.
Mayank Agarwal, who found himself batting in the middle, also gave up his spot on the pitch for an edge on a ball that was going away from the stumps and did not require any disturbance from the batsman.
Steve Smith juggles a hot chance at slip - and Australia have five Indian wickets! #OhWhatAFeeling@Toyota_Aus | #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/o93PJXA8BM
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2021
And then there was the wicket of Rishabh Pant, arguably Team India’s last hope to salvage the first innings after all the other senior members of the team had failed to leave a mark and even he played an half-hearted shot that removed him from the crease.
Cameron Green said he's never been a gully fielder ... well, he's not getting out of there any time soon!
Live #AUSvIND: https://t.co/IzttOVtrUu pic.twitter.com/mdIo6lDGYp
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2021
The 67th over of India’s first innings saw Pant getting caught by surprise on a shot ball and the southpaw indecisively nudged the delivery and it flew into the massive hands of Cameroon Green who was standing in the gully, lurking around for an opportunity.
The fans of the Indian cricket team are beyond enraged because of the extremely bad shots played by some of the biggest names of international cricket who play for the Men in Blue.
Lock Pant, Rahane and Sharma in the bathroom for the rest of the innings #AUSvsIND
— abhishek (@shadydivus) January 17, 2021Rohit Sharma’s shot off Lyon is down the pecking order now ...Rahane, Mayank and now Pant all out to very poor shots. #AUSvIND
— Prem Mohanty (@philipbkk) January 17, 2021“Rohit Sharma’s shot off Lyon is down the pecking order now ...Rahane, Mayank and now Pant all out to very poor shots,” wrote Twitter user Prem Mohanty.
Sigh :( Indian Batsmen have given away their wickets after doing all the hard work. Sharma, Rahane, Agarwal and Pant. All got starts and got out to avoidable shots. So frustrating #INDvsAUS #AUSvIND #GabbaTest
— Aadit Kapadia આદિત કાપડિયા (@ask0704) January 17, 2021
“Sigh... Indian Batsmen have given away their wickets after doing all the hard work. Sharma, Rahane, Agarwal and Pant. All got starts and got out to avoidable shots. So frustrating,” wrote another user, Aadit Kapadia.
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It seems like WhatsApp can’t catch a break after it decided to update its terms of service and force users to accept them or face permanent deletion. Last week, certain WhatsApp groups could be found on Google Search via indexing and it seems like now phone numbers of WhatsApp Web users are now exposed.
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Even though the app has been facing intense backlash from existing users, it seems like this new debacle is worse than any of the other grievances. Personal phone numbers are now exposed via the same indexing method on Google Search. Many working professionals have been confined to their homes thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic due to which many people opted to use WhatsApp Web for better productivity and as a way to multi-task.
However, Independent cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia shared screenshots with IANS showing indexing of personal mobile numbers of WhatsApp Web users. "The leak is happening via WhatsApp on the Web. If someone is using WhatsApp on a laptop or on an office PC, the mobile numbers are being indexed on Google Search. These are mobile numbers of individual users, not business numbers," Rajaharia told IANS.
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Google is able to index invite links to private WhatsApp group chats that are shared publicly and it seems like the same method worked for exposing the personal information of web users as well. While the indexed WhatsApp group chat links have now been removed from Google; personal phone numbers are still exposed.
"Despite WhatsApp advising users and telling Google to remove the earlier exposed group chat links, the mobile numbers via WhatsApp Web application are now being indexed on Google Search," Rajaharia noted.
The latest leak of personal mobile numbers via WhatsApp on Web has not been addressed by Facebook, WhatsApp nor Google. For now, WhatsApp has delayed its new terms of service where personal data of users will be shared with other Facebook-owned companies if they have interacted with a business.
Businesses use WhatsApp as a mode of communication with customers for support, food orders and other types of commerce. If you have interacted with a business on WhatsApp or continue to do so in the future, WhatsApp will share your personal data with Facebook and companies under its umbrella of corporations including Instagram, Messenger and Facebook ads.
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Many WhatsApp users have already started to flock to other messaging apps that have a better privacy policy and does not force its terms on them. Amongst them, Signal saw a massive increase in new users which led to the servers of the app crash on Friday night. If you are looking to switch between Telegram or Signal, check out our detailed comparison of the two apps and its privacy features here.
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Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder's romance was tumultuous to say the least
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FBR official says late filers were liable to fines and penalties but the board may decide on a case-to-case basis
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First Test match between Pakistan and South Africa starts January 26 in Karachi
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Akshay Kumar wrote, "Happy anniversary Tina"
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Amitabh Bachchan managed to ruffle quite a few feathers
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