WhatsApp, and with everything that happened this month, now comes with a welcome news related to security through WhatsApp web and desk. These two versions receive biometric authentication as a new security measure.
This is the biometric authentication when a new session is linked to a device. The goal behind this novelty is to help users protect themselves from unauthorized use of WhatsApp Web and desktop.
The new feature is being rolled out on both Android and iOS, and its use is quite simple by providing a security layer between the main device for the use of WhatsApp and the Web and Desktop client.
And is that before linking a session, WhatsApp will generate a biometric authentication, either through fingerprint or face unlock, to make sure it is the user and not someone else.
To activate it in Android we must go to WhatsApp Web and look for the link to more options where WhatsApp will guide us to configure the biometric authentication of the smartphone. After completing this step, we can use the QR code again to link our account with the Web or Desktop version of WhatsApp.
With everything that happened and with Signal growing exponentially, must mention that here WhatsApp will not have direct access to biometric data and you can only use it for user authentication.
Now we only have to wait for this update to arrive. forces us to use a biometric recognition system to link our device with the web or desktop version of this messaging app called WhatsApp.
