With this, Meta is releasing a new web extension for WhatsApp Web that is code-verified. With this, we can check that we are using an authentic version of WhatsApp Web. Especially for those people who want to check if the version of their WhatsApp Web is authentic or not. Meta mentions that by 2021, this will be compatible with many devices, and we can check the authenticity of any device. There are a lot of people who are using or accessing WhatsApp by browser, and the number of users is increasing regularly.
This new update introduced by Meta is multi-device compatibility that permits the user to use WhatsApp. For this, our phone should not be online, and we can use this on up to four devices. With all of this, Meta also launched two-step verification for their WhatsApp users, and with this, we can protect our accounts from illegal use.
Meanwhile, many people want more safety for their WhatsApp accounts while they are using WhatsApp in a web browser. So the new extension was introduced by the company, which is the code verification extension, and we can download it from the Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox extension stores. We only need to download and install this extension in our web browser, and this extension will check the authenticity automatically when we log in to WhatsApp on a web browser.
On a web browser, how does code verification check the security problem on WhatsApp?
Cloudflare is a security and web infrastructure company, and Meta was collaborating with them to develop a code verification extension to protect their users’ security. When the installation is done, this extension will start working automatically and check for authenticity when we are using WhatsApp Web. If a code verification extension detects all normal, then this will show a green tick on display.
When this tick turns orange, we should check all of the extensions in our browser that may be causing issues. If it turns red, then you should log out immediately and use WhatsApp on your smartphone device. Meta also states that this code verification extension will not use any metadata, user data, or data by itself. It will also not read the WhatsApp messages that we are sending or receiving, and it will not share any information with WhatsApp either. So this extension will give us extra security coverage for our WhatsApp web version.