Instant messaging app WhatsApp is now even more useful in our daily lives.
Whether it’s for family or work, WhatsApp is an easy way for communication.
To make it better for users, the company that owns WhatsApp, Meta, keeps making changes.
One recent change is the ‘Protect IP Address in Calls’ option, which helps hide your location during calls with others.
The new option in WhatsApp, when you make calls, hides your IP address from others, so they can’t see it during the call or find your location later.
WhatsApp mentioned in a post on Wednesday that many calling apps today have direct connections between users, but this new feature uses WhatsApp servers to provide more privacy.
“This direct connection makes data transfers faster and improves call quality, but it requires participants to know each other’s IP addresses.”
New feature provides an additional layer of privacy and security
IP addresses can have details that our users who value privacy might find important, like general location or internet provider information.
The company says this new thing makes sure the people who really care about keeping their private stuff safe get an extra layer of privacy and security.
WhatsApp calls are end-to-end encrypted
The company said that call quality might be a bit lower when using call relaying.
They also emphasized that your calls on WhatsApp are very secure because they are end-to-end encrypted, meaning no one, not even WhatsApp, can listen to them.
