WhatsApp Releases Safety Overview, Enabling You to Examine Group Data to Guard Against Scams
WhatsApp said on Tuesday that it is launching a new tool to avoid scams. This function, called Safety Overview, activates when you are added to a WhatsApp group by someone who is not one of your contacts. Important details about the group will be available on the Meta-owned messaging app, along with advice on how to avoid phishing and scams. More than 6.8 million accounts connected to scam centers were found and blocked as part of its continuous efforts to safeguard its users from scams.
Overview of Safety on WhatsApp
Meta revealed the new Safety Overview tool for WhatsApp in a press article. It appears when someone you don’t recognize adds you to a WhatsApp group. The tool will show details about the group creator, creation date, total number of members, and the person who added you.
You can then go over the details and choose whether or not to remain in the group. You can look at the chats to learn more about the group if you believe you recognize it from the Safety Overview material. According to Meta, WhatsApp will let you quit the group without requiring you to look through any of the chat’s messages if you decide to do so.
Both situations will result in the group’s alerts being muted until you click the box indicating that you want to remain in the WhatsApp group.
The instant messaging service owned by Meta is now testing a new feature that would alert users whenever they initiate a new conversation with someone they haven’t added to their contacts list. To assist in making an informed choice, it will present more user context.
It is a component of WhatsApp’s endeavors to safeguard its user base against fraudulent activities. The business declared that over 6.8 lakh accounts connected to scam centers had been banned. Additionally, WhatsApp collaborated with Sam Altman’s OpenAI and its parent company Meta to thwart scam attempts and connect them to a scam center in Cambodia.
The accused used ChatGPT to run various scams, from offering payments for fake likes and luring people into cryptocurrency investment to a rent-a-scooter pyramid scheme.
