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WhatsApp tests scam alerts and animated chat themes
WhatsApp is developing new animated chat themes that let users personalise conversations with different colours, wallpapers, and visual styles. The feature is currently in beta for iOS users only, with Android support…
The Story in Brief
WhatsApp is developing new animated chat themes that let users personalise conversations with different colours, wallpapers, and visual styles. The feature is currently in beta for iOS users only, with Android support also in development.
Separately, Meta has announced a scam alert tool that uses on-device machine learning to detect suspicious messages from unknown numbers. The tool will issue a warning banner when it spots scam patterns. Users must manually enable the feature via settings.
The Indian Opinion
WhatsApp's scam alert is a welcome step, but the real test will be whether it catches the sophisticated frauds that evolve daily. Animated themes are fun, but privacy and security updates matter far more to the ordinary Indian user facing a wave of phishing attacks. Will the scam alert stay effective without scanning messages on servers? That is the question keeping us awake.
Sources (2): bazaar.businesstoday.in, aajtak.in
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
