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The end of spam? WhatsApp will soon release an important feature - voila! technology

2023-03-06T08:48:12.978Z


WhatsApp also understands that there is nothing more strange than a call on WhatsApp from an unknown number - and soon it will allow us to put an end to it. What is it about and why and how will it work? Here are all the details


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Every few weeks screenshots pop up that reveal new options in WhatsApp.

The latest leak reveals support for Silence Unknown Callers, and in Hebrew - filtering calls from unidentified numbers.

According to hints found by the WABetaInfo website in the beta version of the Android application, it seems that soon we will be able to set calls from users who are not in our contacts - to be muted.



And WhatsApp's goal is quite clear: to fight the global phenomenon of spam conversations whose purpose is to carry out scams.

As we know, WhatsApp allows us to make free calls through the application, and in today's age where a "trivial" detail such as our mobile phone number appears next to our name in various WhatsApp groups (without the possibility of hiding it, like in Telegram), it is no wonder that we quite often receive a call that we Not interested in her.

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The new button will appear in the privacy settings in the application, and after activating it, the incoming call will not be accepted - but it will be displayed in the list of calls in the notification center.

Meanwhile, the ability to filter calls is under development and will be released in a future update of the app.

First, as it seems, for Android users.



We will remind you that on January 1, the "Do not call me" database came into effect, which allows citizens to register in a database that will prevent marketing calls from calling them and obliges the marketers to check before the call if the recipient appears on the list, the law allows the commissioner of the Authority for Consumer Protection and Fair Trade to impose a financial sanction of 45 thousand NIS.

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Source: walla

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