Meta’s WhatsApp just introduced , a tool “that further protects your account from highly sophisticated cyber attacks.” This is a one-click button in the settings that automatically initiates a series of defenses.
So what does it do? It blocks media and attachments from unknown senders, disables link previews and silences calls from unknown senders. This results in a more restrictive experience, but hopefully a safer one.
The company says this isn’t necessarily for regular users, as conversations are already protected by end-to-end encryption. Instead, this is being pitched as a tool for “journalists or public-facing figures” that “may need extreme safeguards against rare and highly sophisticated cyberattacks.”
Strict Account Settings will be rolling out globally in the coming weeks. Users will find the tool .
WhatsApp is just the latest tech platform to offer enhanced security tools for high-risk users. Apple introduced and Android introduced its last year.
