{"id":185766,"date":"2022-03-14T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T11:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=185766"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:53:31","slug":"whatsapp-launches-security-browser-extension-web-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-launches-security-browser-extension-web-version\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp launches a security browser extension for its web version"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Improving WhatsApp Web<\/a>\u2019s security measures, WhatsApp<\/a> has released a browser extension called \u201cCode Verify,<\/strong>\u201d which automatically alerts users<\/strong> if the web app\u2019s code has been tampered with in any way. This extra layer of security ensures that WhatsApp\u2019s end-to-end encryption hasn\u2019t been compromised.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While WhatsApp is improving its two-step verification settings<\/a> for desktop and mobile as part of its upcoming features this year, its web browser version seems to lag behind the other supported platforms for a while now. Thus, the launch of this extension is a huge step in keeping WhatsApp Web just as safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Code Verify is an open-source<\/strong> browser extension available on Google Chrome<\/a>, Mozilla Firefox<\/a>, and Microsoft Edge<\/a>. It automatically runs whenever you open WhatsApp Web and notifies you of whether it\u2019s authentic or is at risk. What\u2019s great about this extension is that it doesn\u2019t log any data<\/strong> whatsoever and also doesn\u2019t share any information to WhatsApp and Meta, the app\u2019s parent company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Code Verify works by checking the resources on the entire webpage and compares them to WhatsApp\u2019s code. Since this is on a much larger scale, WhatsApp has partnered with Cloudflare<\/strong>. With the help of Cloudflare\u2019s third-party verification, users are provided with real-time code verification and auto-updates<\/strong> every time WhatsApp Web\u2019s code does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are four statuses<\/strong> on the extension icon. \u201cNetwork Timed Out\u201d and \u201cPossible Risk Detected\u201d come with an orange circle and a question mark, requiring you to either reset your connection or manage your extensions. \u201cValidation Failure\u201d turns the icon red with an exclamation mark, denoting that it\u2019s a non-authentic code. Meanwhile, \u201cValidated\u201d displays as a green checkmark icon and means that you\u2019re secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Code Verify only confirms the code and won\u2019t actually read or access your messages<\/strong>. For easy viewing, keep it pinned to your browser toolbar. If you happen to use WhatsApp Web often, it\u2019s best to install this as soon as possible so that your end-to-end encryption is safe on your browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Improving WhatsApp Web\u2019s security measures, WhatsApp has released a browser extension called \u201cCode Verify,\u201d which automatically alerts users if the web app\u2019s code has been tampered with in any way. This extra layer of security ensures that WhatsApp\u2019s end-to-end encryption hasn\u2019t been compromised.\u00a0 While WhatsApp is improving its two-step verification settings for desktop and mobile … Continue reading “WhatsApp launches a security browser extension for its web version”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9229,"featured_media":185767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-185766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324256,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185766\/revisions\/324256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185766"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=185766"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=185766"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=185766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}