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The election year is one of the most likely to cause suspicious links to be sent on WhatsApp, Telegram e SMS, this with the purpose of spreading false information from sites that appear to be real, but in fact, are a copy (often, very well done) that manages to deceive the most inattentive. 6a5al
To avoid this, the company gogolook launched the Message Checker in Brazil, an application that allows you to identify suspicious links and fake news without even opening the conversation. At this first moment, the novelty is only available for Android and installation can be done free of charge. Understand all the details right now.
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As soon as access to notifications is authorized for the app, the app starts to work as an inspector of everything you receive. It is very important to that you need to have notifications turned on in WhatsApp and other messaging apps for the app to carry out a complete review.
How it works is simple: a person just sends you a link and two notifications will appear on your smartphone: one from the app that received the message and another from the Message Checker, which indicates that possible suspicious links in the WhatsApp may have come to you.
The app can also identify addresses that are the bridge to scams focused on capturing personal information such as F number and bank information, also known as pishing.
The novelty was launched in Brazil by the same company that developed the Whoscall, an application that became known for identifying and mainly blocking unwanted calls. The information is provided by the Google and more data can be accessed on the website of the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
Texts that may be fake news can also be read by the app, and there is a section just for researching information with reliable sources. Links to vehicles you trust can be shared so you can deny (or confirm) the information sent via message.
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Due to having access to the notifications of applications that allow the exchange of messages, the Message Checker can read the links without you necessarily having to open the main application. Once you receive a link, just click Message Checker in the notification bar so that the link can be reviewed shortly afterwards.
The most interesting point of this is that before clicking on a possible suspicious links in the WhatsApp, Message Checker performs the scan in less than five seconds. Data inform that 70% have already been victims of fake news at least once and in an election year, this can get even more dangerous. The developer confirms that private mode verification can be done in the following apps:
- Whatsapp;
- Telegram;
- Facebook Messenger;
- Twitter;
- Instagram;
- WeChat;
- Skype.
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After installing the Google Play Store, just allow the app read all notifications created by WhatsApp on your smartphone. Then, when possible suspicious links are sent, you can carry out the review without having to open the conversation. Thus:
Best of all, it is possible to carry out complete navigation on the site and even be able to do the entire security check before replying to the person who sent you the message. Don't forget to Message Checker right now and use this great security tool in your everyday life.
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