WhatsApp Security Center aims to raise awareness
WhatsApp is continuously adding more and more features to the app. Recently, the company launched the new WhatsApp Security Center to enhance the security measures and raise awareness.
The company has rolled the feature out to fight against spammers and unwanted contacts. WhatsApp Security Center wants to inform users about the different precautions they can take to safeguard their accounts and privacy.
Additionally, it sheds light on the technology that supports WhatsApp's dedication to offering a user-friendly, dependable, private, and secure service.
"Protecting personal messages with end-to-end encryption is one of the best lines of defense against scammers and fraudsters, and in addition to that, WhatsApp is consistently working on new and innovative ways to enhance people's safety and privacy," the company said in a statement.
Users can get more control over their WhatsApp account by following the top tips listed in the Security Center, which also informs users about the layers of privacy that WhatsApp offers. Here are some of the highlighted features of the WhatsApp Security Center:
- Two-step verification
- Scams
- Official WhatsApp
- Group controls
WhatsApp Security Center is not the only recent feature
WhatsApp Security Center is not the only feature that the users should be waiting for. Meta is working hard to add more features and improve its current systems to offer a better user experience. The company recently announced screen sharing and username features that are expected to be added to the live version soon.
The beta version 2.23.11.15 of WhatsApp for Android contains the username function, which enables users to select a memorable username to be connected with their account. The functionality may eventually allow users to locate one another by username rather than phone number. End-to-end encryption is used for all chats that are begun with a username.
Beta users of the 2.23.11.19 version of the Android app also discovered a fresh screen-sharing function. After selecting the screen-sharing option and agreeing, users could begin sharing the contents of their screens during video calls.
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Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.