US EditionWhatsApp Launches 'Strict Account Settings': How to Enable the New Lockdown-Style Mode?
- Over the coming weeks, WhatsApp will roll out Strict Account Settings globally via Settings > Privacy > Advanced, where users can enable the feature in the app.
- Days after a lawsuit alleged WhatsApp conversations lack true end-to-end encryption and employees can request message access, Meta denied these claims to PCMag as false and frivolous.
- The setting locks down accounts by applying the highest restrictions, blocking attachments and calls from unknown senders, restricting profile details, and limiting group chat settings.
- In its support page, WhatsApp says the setting is intended to safeguard at-risk users, warning `You should only turn this on if you think you may be a target of a sophisticated cyber campaign.`
- Following industry moves, Apple Lockdown Mode and Android Advanced Protection reflect similar concepts, while Meta plans for subscriptions later this year.
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WhatsApp has announced the deployment of a new security mode that adds greater protection against cyberattacks. The function, called ‘strict account settings’, is aimed at users who may be targeted by particularly sophisticated attacks, such as public figures, journalists and other high-risk users, and works as an automatic blocking of certain account functions that reinforce privacy. Thus, ‘strict account settings’ blocks attachments and multim…
WhatsApp has published a function that allows the service to be severely restricted. The aim is to make itself as invulnerable as possible. What is this good for?
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