Spokesperson for WhatsApp Carl Woog, along with Kao, gave us a few insiders about what WhatsApp is curious to take on in future, and what they are presently working on.How do you protect yourself from fraud, fake news and malware? Kao gave us some insides that the general user should know and implement in their daily lives to keep himself safe from fraudsters. As a basic rule of thumb, one should look out for suspicious messages that comes in through the sender. If your message is from a known person, it depends on the content of the message. If it comes in from an unknown user, and if the content is irrelevant to you, you can immediately report the sender into the spam list. Reporting the sender as a spammer can help WhatsApp take note of the particular number or person, who is continuously spamming for no reason. The number will be analysed if the sender is also being reported by multiple people and then WhatsApp will take action against the sender and warn or probably block the person out from WhatsApp completely. However, it is not yet possible to do so since the work is still in progress, and it takes multiple spam reports to take suitable action in time. Also, it is not possible to know what the person has spammed as WhatsApp cannot read the messages that were sent across by the spammer. The reporting user would have to send a screenshot of the data that was spam, so that WhatsApp can analyse the content and confirm if the user is being spamming others accordingly.Moving ahead, he also updated on how you should take care of messages that could be fake so that rumours can be curbed. Never forward a message to another person or group, unless you are 100 per cent sure that the message content is authentic.

If you are forwarding unverified messages, you could end up into the list of spammers and fake/rumour news spreading people, if the recipient marks you as a spammer.Kao also stressed on pointers so that users can find out if the message is a fake or a phishing message. Check for the message’s grammar and spelling mistakes. Never click on URL links in the message as it could lead you to a malware website. Check for font size and font types that could fox you into clicking on such URLs. If you find the link suspicious, refrain from clicking on it, or even forwarding it to someone who could unknowingly click on it and be harmed. Never fall to messages that ask you to forward it to an X number of people or groups. Never click on messages that ask you to activate a service.If you happen to receive a message from an unknown source and suspect that China Windproof Lighters Manufacturers it could be a phishing attempt, report it as spam, and block the sender if needed. Delete unknown messages and media content that comes in from unknown sources.You can report spam, fake news, phishing attempts and even stalkers to WhatsApp. The reporting option is available under WhatsApp’s settings.Stay safe!In the talks with the WhatsApp team, we also tried gaining inside information about the future plans. On asking for if they were in any plans of creating a lighter version for WhatsApp for those with older smartphones, feature phones and slower internet connections, they did not give us a thumbs up. However, they did state that they could look at the possibility and revert back. Lastly, we also asked them about the governments’ requirements with regards to creating a backdoor so that they can snoop into conversations of suspected people. They stated clearly that they don’t have the keys to the encrypted messages themselves and will not be able to help the governments to create the backdoor anyways.