WhatsApp announces additional security features for all its users, new verifications and silent authentications.
Do you feel safe using a messaging app? WhatsApp tries to keep convincing its users that they are the safest option with several security features.. Not content with that, they recently announced additional features that will be added in the coming months. What is it about? They intend to continue to make your messages as private and secure as word of mouth..
Security features to protect accounts, verifications and codes
Regarding your WhatsApp account, You can now reliably verify that you control. This will occur when moving your account from one device to another. The action can be confirmed on the old device. This function is very positive since the “whatsapp hack” has recently happened via security codes stored in voicemail boxes. You will now be notified of an attempt to transfer an unauthorized account to another device.
When it comes to verifications, WhatsApp is aware of the threats that exist on the network. Malware is the order of the day and we don’t know when it might attack our security through our chats. That’s why verifications will be added in which your account will be authenticated. App arently this is a silent feature since they say you won’t have to do any extra moves.
On another side, each chat has security code verification function. Contribute to the fact that you are chatting with the right recipient. Think about improving this function, WhatsApp will implement “Key Transparency”. It will automatically verify that you have a secure connection. By clicking on the tab referring to the encryption of your chat, it will immediately be verified that the conversation is secure.
If you don’t have these features, enable them immediately
As soon as these functions arrive (with an unknown arrival date), WhatsApp prompts you to enable two-step verification and end-to-end encrypted backups. It is very important to take this into account because only you, as the owner of your WhatsApp account, can activate both functions.
In the first case, it is important because you will be able to verify the entry of WhatsApp for the first time via an SMS with the arrival of a one-time code. If you usually make backup copies of your chats, end-to-end encryption ensures that no one (not even yourself) can tamper with this history in the cloud.
Do you think with these features WhatsApp will become more secure? There is a dispute to compare which messaging app is better in this regard. For its part, Apple has iMessage and many Apple users consider it the best option, although Zuckeberg does not think so. Despite this, WhatsApp is the most used application in USA and in several countries around the world.