WhatsApp

Saudi Arabia is threatening to block several popular Internet chat, call, and messaging services if they don't get in line with the country's regulatory requirements.

The apps in question include Skype, WhatsApp, and Viber, according to the country's official news agency SPA.

Recent changes to WhatsApp, which appears to have captured a position as the popular app-based alternative to texting, have not actually secured the system, at least for Android users. In a test by The H's associates at heise Security, it was found to still be possible to take over an account unnoticed and send and receive WhatsApp messages on behalf of that user.