Alert: Whatsapp Group appears in Google search, anyone can join without permission!

WhatsApp groups have once again started appearing on Google search. The result is that any user can search for and join private WhatsApp groups on Google. Earlier, such an incident had come to light in 2019 and when it became public, the company had fixed it. But this issue has come to light once again in 2021. Due to this problem, people’s phone numbers and profile pictures can be revealed through Google search.

By indexing group chat invites, WhatsApp is making information about many private groups available on the web. By searching in this Whatsapp Can search for groups and join them. Although we are not sharing exact details about it, but it has been verified by Gadgets 360 itself, where many WhatsApp groups can be seen on Google search. Users who find these links of WhatsApp groups on the web can not only join the group, but can also access the phone numbers and posts of other users included in the group.

Update: WhatsApp said in its reply, “Since March 2020, WhatsApp has included all deep link pages in the ‘noindex’ tag, which Google Gadgets 360 was able to confirm that search results no longer appear on Google. However, WhatsApp did not mention a fix in its statement. Rajshekhar Rajaharia who raised this indexing issue He said on this matter, “Adding the ‘noindex’ tag is not a proper solution, as the links start appearing in surface search results after a few months. Big tech companies like WhatsApp need to find proper solutions to protect the privacy of users.

Cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia had informed Gadgets 360 about the indexing of WhatsApp group chat invites on Google. Now this indexing has started once again. Till the time of writing the news, 1500 group invite links were visible in the search results. Some of the links indexed by Google are related to porn on WhatsApp groups. Whereas some other links are of specific community or interest. Gadgets 360 also found message sharing groups for Bengali and Marathi users. Anyone can easily join these groups through these links.