Meta has released a new update to the WhatsApp application, which includes a new security and privacy feature that hides users’ IP address while making calls.
An IP address is a unique address assigned to each device connected to the Internet. It is used to identify and distinguish devices in the network and route data between them.
The IP address is hidden by using a single IP address from WhatsApp servers instead of the user’s physical address, which prevents the disclosure of any details related to the user’s geographical location and other information that can be inferred from the IP address.
The new feature does not affect the level of protection provided by the end-to-end encryption used in the WhatsApp application, which prevents any third party including Meta, from viewing the data and messages exchanged between users, but it will affect the quality of the call itself due to the reliance on making the call via The server used to hide the IP address.
The new feature can be activated through the following path:
- Open the application’s settings.
- Open privacy settings
- Open advanced settings
- Activate the feature
