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WhatsApp · featureStrict Account Settings

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What the statuses mean

Valid from
2026-01-27
Valid until
still holds
Published
2026-01-27
Recorded by AsOf
2026-11-14
Checked
2026-11-15 · its source page states the value and the date, as read by an AI model
Confidence
0.70

Sources

“January 27, 2026 Listen to Article 10 Pause 10 0.25× 0.5× 1× 1.25× 1.5× 2× Takeaways Today, we’re adding Strict Account Settings on WhatsApp, a lockdown-style feature that further protects your account from highly sophisticated cyber attacks.”— what the page says, read 2026-11-15

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Each form names the value, its as-of date (2026-01-27), the day you read it (2026-11-15), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text
AsOf. "WhatsApp feature added: Strict Account Settings", as of 2026-01-27. Claim clm_DE602A345613, https://asof.is/claim/clm_DE602A345613, accessed 2026-11-15. Source: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/01/whatsapp-strict-account-settings-safeguarding-against-cyber-attacks/.
APA
AsOf. (2026). WhatsApp feature added: Strict Account Settings (as of 2026-01-27) [Record clm_DE602A345613]. Retrieved November 15, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_DE602A345613 (source: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/01/whatsapp-strict-account-settings-safeguarding-against-cyber-attacks/)
BibTeX
@misc{asof_clm_DE602A345613,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {WhatsApp feature added: Strict Account Settings},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_DE602A345613}},
  note = {Claim clm\_DE602A345613, as of 2026-01-27; source: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/01/whatsapp-strict-account-settings-safeguarding-against-cyber-attacks/},
  urldate = {2026-11-15}
}

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