If you are calling on WhatsApp, be careful as it can track your location. Let’s learn how to change this setting.
Hackers can get your location
If you are calling on WhatsApp, be careful as it can track your location. Even if location is turned off on your phone, hackers can get your location with a simple setting.
Turn on these settings
Turn on these settings to protect your location
Protect IP address in calls feature
An important issue is that your location can be tracked during a WhatsApp call. As a solution to this, WhatsApp has provided a feature called Protect IP Address in Calls.
IP address is hidden
Enabling this feature hides your IP address during calls and protects your location.
How to enable this feature?
1. Open WhatsApp 2. 3. Tap on the three dots in the top right corner. Select Settings option and go to Privacy section 4. Click on Advanced Options 5. Turn on the Preserve IP address in calls feature.
IP address will be reserved
After completing this process, your IP address will be secured and your location will become difficult to track.
a new feature
Apart from this, WhatsApp is bringing a new feature, which will make it much easier to join the channel. Currently, you have to search through the list to find a channel.
One QR code per channel
However, with this new feature every channel will get a QR code. By scanning this code, users can join the channel with one click.
Ease of use will increase and channel growth will increase
This feature will soon be available for Android and iOS users. WhatsApp claims that this feature will make channels easier to use and will increase channel growth.
