InfoQ - Mobile Privacy https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Mobile Privacy feed Whatsapp Tests on Device ML for Scam Detection with Privacy Preserving Analytics https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/whatsapp-scam-alert-beta/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Mobile+Privacy <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/08/whatsapp-scam-alert-beta/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1786843415541.jpg"/><p>WhatsApp is testing Scam Alert in limited beta, using on device machine learning to detect potential scam messages from non contacts. Meta's architecture keeps message content on the device while using confidential computing, Oblivious HTTP, differential privacy, and model transparency to measure performance and protect model delivery.</p> <i>By Leela Kumili</i> Mobile Apps AI Security Mobile Privacy Embedded Devices Mobile Encryption Data Analytics Alerting Security Data Privacy Model Cloudflare Machine Learning DevOps AI, ML & Data Engineering Development Architecture & Design news Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:17:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/whatsapp-scam-alert-beta/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Mobile+Privacy Leela Kumili 2026-08-19T14:17:00Z /news/2026/08/whatsapp-scam-alert-beta/en