WhatsApp’s new ‘lockdown’ settings add another layer of protection against cyberattacks

WhatsApp is launching caller "Strict Account Settings" that adhd adjacent much protections against cyberattacks. The feature is built for people astatine a high-risk of attacks - specified arsenic journalists oregon nationalist figures - and automatically blocks attachments and media from senders you don't know, portion silencing calls from chartless contacts.

The new setting limits different functionality wrong WhatsApp, including turning disconnected nexus previews, limiting who tin adhd you to a group, and blocking non-contacts from seeing your illustration photo, "about" details, and online status. "You should lone crook this connected if you deliberation you whitethorn beryllium a people of a blase cyber campai …

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