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WhatsApp rolls out optional Scam Alert on-device scam warning feature

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WhatsApp has begun rolling out Scam Alert, a new optional security feature that warns users about potential scam messages, raising protection for over 3 billion users. The control runs on-device machine learning and keeps message content on the phone, which reduces privacy exposure while adding scam detection.

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  1. 13.08.2026 14:50 2 articles · 1h ago

    WhatsApp begins limited beta rollout of Scam Alert

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    WhatsApp begins rolling out Scam Alert, an optional feature that runs an on-device machine learning model to warn users about potential scam messages from non-contacts. The system keeps message content on the device for classification, does not auto-report message data to WhatsApp, Meta, or anyone else, and lets users block, report, continue, mark a chat as trusted, or disable the feature.

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