This is how WhatsApp will indicate that you are being spied on

The messaging application WhatsApp continues in its particular updates raceand improvements that already began a few months ago. And it is that, after its purchase by Facebook and after many months of immobility , the company seems intent on updating almost weekly to introduce new features and performance enhancements that re-convince users that it's not just a Useful but also complete application.Something that detracted when compared to others like Facebook Messenger or Snapchat, which are much more up-to-date and loaded with content Now, a new track on your translation system tells us that WhatsApp works to improve the security of your chats

And the fact is that the translation system where voluntary users donate their time and linguistic knowledge to localize the application into different languages ​​is once again showing ahead of time a new function that is yet to come. It is a kind of double security check The funny thing is that it does not necessarily make chats more secure, although it can be useful for those users who think they can be spies

To do this, according to the phrases seen in your translation system, WhatsApp will create a new menu Security within the Account section of the application, in the Settings menu Apparently, here will appear the option to activate the security identifier to verify that the encryption or barrierthat applies from user to user remains intact. Or what is the same, that there is no one spying on the chats or even the calls We must remember that a year ago, WhatsApp started encrypting chats. In other words, to grant a code that only the terminals of the users of a conversation have, and that therefore keeps both cybercriminals and the WhatsApp company itself out of the information exchanged.(being one of the reasons for nervousness for intelligence and espionage centers of some governments).

In this way, and depending on the new lines to be translated, it is possible to activate this security function and check it in the information screen of a individual or group conversation to verify the identity of the people you are with talking.Although information is always encrypted by the app (whether or not this feature is enabled), this alerter provides peace of mind for users who share their secrets via WhatsApp when indicating if the communication is secure, closed and private between the contacts of said chat. It would be enough to access the information menu where this feature would appear, the form of which is not yet known.

At the moment little else is known about it, and that is that this function has only been discovered through the translation system, and not in the scrutiny of any beta version or test of the application. However, it is hoped that more details will be available soon or even be seen directly in the application. A good way to remind the user that the most used messaging application in the world is still safe, at least in theory. And it is that its structure is investigated by hackers and cybercriminals to find the weak points that allow them to access the chats.A constant fight to protect users that WhatsApp cannot lose if it wants to prevent them from going to other tools like Telegram

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