WhatsApp Came up With Flash Call Feature For Securing Users from Fraud

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WhatsApp Came up With Flash Call Feature For
Securing Users from Fraud

• WhatsApp fraud is also looting the users, and the
  company is making its mechanism better to stop
  this kind of frauds sometimes the fraud is based
  on calls, while sometimes it is based on browser,
  even the blue tick disable fraud has also
  happened in the past when this feature is rolled
  out, not only this a WhatsApp Gold scam is also
  done in Spain which clearly tells that the
  hackers know WhatsApp is a popular app and one
  can easily fool people, WhatsApp is making the
  app more secure for users with its new
  update.https//communityfromoffice.wordpress.com
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• The new fraud is based on the 6-digit code which
  you get in this fraud the users receive an SMS
  with a six-digit number on their phone. This is
  apparently coming from the WhatsApp platform
  itself afterward, another message went on the
  app and from the chat of one of your contacts.
• There is another prevalent scam done through
  calling in which your WhatsApp account gets
  locked.https//communityfromoffice.wordpress.com
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• The scammer calls you a WhatsApp agent in this
  new OTP scam. Then they talk about sending OTP to
  your account and then sharing this OTP with them.
  Hackers will lock your WhatsApp account as soon
  as you share OTP, so to save you from this fraud,
  WhatsApp came up with a brilliant solution.
• Previously many cases were reported where there
  was a case of WhatsApp OTP scam in which hackers
  hacked WhatsApp accounts and carried out
  incidents like banking fraud. However, to avoid
  this, a new Flash call update is being provided
  by WhatsApp, which will help protect your
  WhatsApp account from hackers.https//communityf
  romoffice.wordpress.com/2021/06/22/whatsapp-came-u
  p-with-flash-call-feature-for-securing-users-from-
  fraud/

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• According to a WABeta report, your phone number
  will now be automatically verified with the help
  of WhatsApps new feature Flash Call. This
  means users will no longer need OTP for account
  verification, the 6-digit OTP verification number
  from which hacking was done. 
• With the advent of the new WhatsApp Flash Call,
  the account will be verified with the help of
  Flash Call instead of OTP when users log in. For
  Flash Call, users will have to give permission to
  the app to log in to the phone. The account will
  then be automatically logged in when a flash call
  for WhatsApp verification arrives on the
  phone.https//communityfromoffice.wordpress.com/
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  e-for-securing-users-from-fraud/

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• This feature of WhatsApp has been spotted on
  Android Beta version 2.21.11.7. However, the
  Flash Call feature of WhatsApp verification will
  be optional.
• For better safety and security, this feature is
  surely going to help the users as OTP is still
  required for various services, most of the
  companies are getting this new style of scam and
  hacking, and in the future, maybe in other apps
  youll see this calling feature, the company
  never make this thing compulsory it is your
  decision how you want to use the app, 2-factor
  authentication is still there, but most of the
  people are not using the same, because they dont
  need this right now, its their personal choice.
  Still, for safety and security, WhatsApp made a
  great decision by launching this new update
  considering the scam which is hampering the
  reputation of this very popular messaging app.
  This feature is optional as if you dont want to
  give permission to WhatsApp for your call logs,
  then you dont accept it, but for safety and
  security, business account owners will surely be
  going to accept it.https//communityfromoffice.w
  ordpress.com/2021/06/22/whatsapp-came-up-with-flas
  h-call-feature-for-securing-users-from-fraud/