WhatsApp Plus: is this legal?
In this practical tip, we explain whether WhatsApp Plus is legal and whether you can use the app without worry.
WhatsApp Plus: Messenger no longer usable
Note: According to the developer, after a complaint from WhatsApp, the further development and support of WhatsApp Plus had to be stopped. To continue using WhatsApp, you must now use the original client again.
WhatsApp Plus: legal or illegal?
- WhatsApp developers prohibited the distribution of WhatsApp Plus in 2013. However, the application is now being further developed and is available for download again free of charge.
- So if you use WhatsApp Plus, you don't need to worry. The app itself is not illegal. It is only a modded version of WhatsApp, for which you have to pay the same fees to WhatsApp developers as for the original.
- The popular Android app is available for free download from CHIP Online.