{"id":988635,"date":"2026-01-29T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=988635"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:27:15","slug":"whatsapp-rolls-out-strict-account-settings-to-protect-users-from-cyber-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/29\/whatsapp-rolls-out-strict-account-settings-to-protect-users-from-cyber-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp rolls out \u2018Strict Account Settings\u2019 to protect users from cyber threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta\u2019s WhatsApp has launched a new security feature called Strict Account Settings, designed to offer stronger protection for users at higher risk of cyberattacks. The company described the feature as a \u201clockdown-style\u201d option that restricts certain app functions to safeguard accounts.<\/p>\n<p>How Strict Account Settings Work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta\u2019s WhatsApp has launched a new security feature called Strict Account Settings, designed to offer stronger protection for users at higher risk of cyberattacks. The company described the feature as a \u201clockdown-style\u201d option that restricts certain app functions to safeguard accounts. How Strict Account Settings Work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-988635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-telecom-hindustantimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}