{"id":6808,"date":"2026-01-27T18:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/whatsapp-rolls-out-lockdown-style-security-mode-to-protect-targeted-users-from-spyware\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:12:45","slug":"whatsapp-rolls-out-lockdown-style-security-mode-to-protect-targeted-users-from-spyware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/whatsapp-rolls-out-lockdown-style-security-mode-to-protect-targeted-users-from-spyware\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp Rolls Out Lockdown-Style Security Mode to Protect Targeted Users From Spyware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bMeta on Tuesday announced it&#8217;s adding Strict Account Settings on WhatsApp to secure certain users against advanced cyber attacks because of who they are and what they do.<br \/>\nThe feature, similar to Lockdown Mode in Apple iOS and Advanced Protection in Android, aims to protect individuals, such as journalists or public-facing figures, from sophisticated spyware by trading some functionality for\u00a0Meta on Tuesday announced it&#8217;s adding Strict Account Settings on WhatsApp to secure certain users against advanced cyber attacks because of who they are and what they do.<br \/>\nThe feature, similar to Lockdown Mode in Apple iOS and Advanced Protection in Android, aims to protect individuals, such as journalists or public-facing figures, from sophisticated spyware by trading some functionality for\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bMeta on Tuesday announced it&#8217;s adding Strict Account Settings on WhatsApp to secure certain users against advanced cyber attacks because of who they are and what they do. The feature, similar to Lockdown Mode in Apple iOS and Advanced Protection in Android, aims to protect individuals, such as journalists or public-facing figures, from sophisticated spyware&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/whatsapp-rolls-out-lockdown-style-security-mode-to-protect-targeted-users-from-spyware\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WhatsApp Rolls Out Lockdown-Style Security Mode to Protect Targeted Users From Spyware<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}