WHATSAPP IS WORKING ON A FEATURE TO PROTECT ACCOUNTS VIA EMAIL

Fri 04 August 2023:

The messaging service WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is developing a new security feature for an Android beta version that will secure a user’s account using an email address, according to reports.

The platform will ask for the user’s email address to protect and verify their account, reports WABetaInfo.

The particular circumstances in which the email address will be helpful to improve the security of the WhatsApp accounts are unknown at this time because the feature is currently under development.

This feature will be optional and will be different from the one that asks for the email address when configuring the two-step verification.

The new security feature to protect the account using an email address is expected to be rolled out in a future update of the app, the report said.

In July, it was reported that the messaging platform was rolling out new safety features on Android beta for when users received messages from unfamiliar phone numbers.

On Android beta, the platform was also rolling out a ‘link with phone number’ functionality that allows users to attach their account to WhatsApp Web by using their phone number.

Users can utilize this functionality to join their accounts to WhatsApp Web without scanning the QR Code.

In July, the Meta-owned platform released an Android test functionality that allowed users to create new groups when forwarding messages.

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