New WhatsApp Code Verify Feature
WhatsApp Code Verify Feature: Chat is now more secure on WhatsApp Web, users will detect the authentication of the web using browser extension
To make WhatsApp Web more secure, Meta introduced a browser extension called Code Verify that does this tun will tell users whether the whatsapp web they are using is authenticated or not. The web extension automatically verifies the authenticity of the WhatsApp web code provided to users, that their texts are safe and have not been tampered with. WhatsApp has teamed up with Cloudflare for this. It’s an open source project that other companies can merge into their own apps.
The WhatsApp extension will be downloadable in browsers like Chrome and Firefox. WhatsApp Code Checker Extension will be available for download for Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. When users open the WhatsApp web, it checks resource keys on the webpage to verify the authenticity of the code.
Once the code is authenticated, the extension informs users about it. If users have the extension installed on their web browser, it will launch automatically when they use WhatsApp Web. It shows a green tick in a circle, which means that the WhatsApp Web code you are using is fully valid. Sends three types of popups when extension is unverified, if extension cannot verify that you are using WhatsApp Web, three messages are displayed.
This includes network timeouts, possible risks detected and validations.
WhatsApp said in a blog post that they have provided Cloudflare a cryptographic hash source for the JavaScript code of WhatsApp Web. When someone uses Code Verify, the extension automatically checks the code that runs on the WhatsApp web and the version of the code verified by WhatsApp and published on Cloudflare.
The reason behind bringing the new extension of WhatsApp is to prevent users from using any malicious version of WhatsApp Web. WhatsApp specifically takes care that the new extension does not log any data, metadata or user information. Whereas mobile apps have an authentic source for users to download from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Most web clients do not have this kind of authentication.
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