The general public is warned not to join unfamiliar WhatsApp groups to prevent the leakage mobile phone number.
To prevent the leakage of mobile phone numbers, the general public is urged not to casually join unfamiliar WhatsApp groups!
The public should use WhatsApp with precaution because when you join a strange WhatsApp group, outsiders can know your telephone number, according to a warning from the Director-General of the Personal Data Protection Directorate (PDPD) under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia.
Many individuals assume that banks, telecommunications firms, or insurance organisations have compromised customer data when they receive calls from unknown parties. These unidentified individuals use WhatsApp group phones to access people’s mobile phone numbers.
WhatsApp is an instant messaging service that uses mobile phone numbers for authentication. Users can examine the mobile phone numbers of all group members as long as they are a member of that group.
Criminals will infiltrate a variety of organisations to discover targets, including those who are interested in online shopping in online shopping groups and those who are interested in investing in investment groups. Targeting and increasing the success rate of fraud are made simpler for crooks.
The ability to conceal mobile phone numbers is offered by Telegram, a competitor to WhatsApp. Users must conceal their mobile phone numbers in order for other group members to remain unaware of one another’s numbers.
