WhatsApp will alert you when you receive a fraudulent or misleading link

WhatsApp wants to protect you from dangerous links that may happen by mistake.

The WABetaInfo website, dedicated to shredding hidden secrets in WhatsApp betas, revealed that the Facebook affiliate is working on a method to badyze deceptive sites and tag them so that users know that it's a non-web page. reliable that should not be clicked.

According to the site, WhatsApp beta 2.18.206 is included in this feature. The alert covers the link and explains (in English) that the URL includes unusual characters and that it would try to impersonate another page. This badysis is done in the application, says WABetaInfo, does not send information to the servers of the company.

WABetaInfo does not say when the function will get to all users. WhatsApp does not generally comment on upcoming features.

WhatsApp, a communications platform of more than 1,000 million users, is doing its job to help make the interaction sound and reliable. In addition to protecting user information by blocking fraudulent sites, the company is forming alliances with security researchers to avoid false news.

WhatsApp began making false news more seriously in its social network after the government in India criticized the service for being the nest for spreading false news and would have triggered a string of deaths in the country. WhatsApp and Facebook will pay up to US $ 50,000 to researchers who participate in the studies.

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