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WhatsApp launches ‘Stay Safe with WhatsApp’ campaign to educate users on online safety

April 12, 2023 TeluguSuperNews Leave a comment

Telugu super news,Delhi,April 12, 2023: In an effort to create user awareness around safer digital practices, WhatsApp has launched an integrated safety campaign ‘Stay Safe with WhatsApp’ highlighting product features that empower users to take control of their online safety and ensure a safer messaging experience.

The campaign focuses on educating users about WhatsApp’s in-built product features and safety tools that equip people with the necessary safeguards to help protect them from online scams, frauds and account compromising threats. The three month long campaign will highlight simple yet effective ways to enable WhatsApp safety features that come together to offer layers of protection to users as they spend more and more time online in their daily lives. The campaign also focuses on the importance of safeguarding your WhatsApp account to ensure you remain safe and protected at all times.

Shivnath Thukral, Director, Public Policy India, Meta, said, “User safety is at the core of everything we do at WhatsApp which is why we’re launching our safety campaign “Stay Safe with WhatsApp,” in an effort to drive user-awareness around WhastApp’s safety tools and product features that can help keep users safe from online scams and frauds. Over the years we have added layers of security and protection with innovative features that empower users to take control of their online safety. This campaign is an important reminder for people on how they can safeguard themselves in today’s digital first world and aims to reinforce consumer habits that ensure key safety features on WhatsApp become second nature to users so that they can stay safe from messaging scams and to protect their friends and family.”

Being an industry leader among end-to-end encrypted messaging services in preventing abuse and promoting online security, WhatsApp is focusing on communicating its core safety principles that can help keep users stay safe from online scams and frauds. Key safety features highlighted in the campaign include:

Two-step verification to add an extra layer of security to your account: WhatsApp allows users to add an extra layer of security to their account by enabling the Two-Step Verification feature, which requires a six-digit PIN when resetting and verifying your WhatsApp account. This is helpful in case a SIM card gets stolen or if the phone is compromised.
Block and report accounts that are suspicious: WhatsApp is a private and safe space for people to communicate with their loved ones and people who have your phone number. However, at times when users receive problematic messages from unknown numbers, some of which may include suspicious links, request access to personal information, among others WhatsApp provides a simple way for users to ‘block and report’ the account to WhatsApp. Blocked contacts or numbers will no longer be able to call you or send you messages.
Privacy settings to control who sees your personal details: Users can control their personal details such as – Profile Photo, Last Seen, Online status, About, Status, and who sees it – everyone, contacts only, select contacts, or no one. You can also control your online presence by selecting who can and can’t see when you’re online, for the times you want to keep your online presence private. Keeping your personal details visible to only your contacts can help safeguard your account against bad actors.
Group privacy settings to ensure a safe messaging experience: WhatsApp’s privacy setting and group invite system allow users to decide who can add them to groups, increasing user privacy and preventing people from adding you to groups you don’t want to be a part of. If you find yourself in a group chat that’s not for you, you can choose to exit a group privately without having to notify everyone.

Preventive measures to stay safe in today’s digital world

September 26, 2022 TeluguSuperNews Leave a comment

Being part of the digital world is no longer a luxury but a necessity! We’re all connected through digital forums in a personal or professional capacity – be it, staying connected through messaging apps with your loved ones, using payments apps running the shop, or chatting with your local grocery store. But just like the real world, we need to safeguard ourselves in the digital world as well.

WhatsApp’s safety features empower users to take their safety and privacy into their own hands while staying connected with their loved ones or while talking to their favorite business.

Here are some WhatsApp basics to follow for safeguarding your digital well-being:

1.Keep conversations private: With features like ‘Disappearing Messages’ where new messages sent in the individual or group chat disappear depending on the duration users select and ‘View Once’ which enables users to send photos and videos that disappear from the chat after they’ve been opened, Whatsapp aims at giving users even more control over their privacy than ever before. Additionally, WhatsApp has also disabled the screenshot option on such messages to add a layer of privacy.

2.Enable Two-Step Verification: WhatsApp allows users to add an extra layer of security to their account by enabling the Two-Step Verification feature, which requires a six-digit PIN when resetting and verifying your WhatsApp account. This is helpful in case a SIM card gets stolen or if the phone is compromised.

3.Block and report unwanted contacts: Unlike traditional SMS, WhatsApp provides a simple way for users to block accounts. Users can easily report to WhatsApp if they encounter problematic messages. In addition, WhatsApp now provides the option for people to keep reported messages on their phones if they want to share them with fact-checkers or law enforcement officials.

Preventive measures to stay safe in today’s digital world

4.Control what’s shared online: We transact within the online world daily and thus protecting our personal information and privacy is essential when using the internet. Sharing sensitive information such as addresses, phone numbers, passwords, credit/ debit card numbers, and bank account information should be avoided. On WhatsApp, users can control their personal details such as – Profile Photo, Last Seen, Online status, About, Status, and who sees it – everyone, contacts only, select contacts, or no one.

You can control your online presence as, for the times you want to keep your online presence private, WhatsApp has introduced the ability to select who can and can’t see when you’re online.

5.Be careful with clicking or believing: The Internet is full of spam messages, cyber threats and frauds. Be it a fake job offer, winning a so-called cash prize, or a fully sponsored trip from an unknown and fake number. These messages often include links to a website or request access to personal information with disguised malware. While we may be aware of netizens, users must be more susceptible to falling prey to such scams. Hence, it is important that users must think before they click – If you receive it on WhatsApp, one can simply report accounts to WhatsApp by flagging a specific message. To do so, you can simply long-press a particular message to either ‘report’ or ‘block a user’.

6.Think twice before forwarding messages: WhatsApp has created a label for all forwarded messages and limits the number of times you can forward messages as a way to encourage users to reconsider before sharing. Users must be aware that if they aren’t sure whether something is true or don’t know the source of the message, they must not forward it, as it may be fake information.

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