https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Mobile Privacy News feed 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-news <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> Encryption Data Privacy AI Security Mobile Privacy Mobile Machine Learning Model Cloudflare Mobile Apps Embedded Devices Data Analytics Alerting Security Development AI, ML & Data Engineering DevOps 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-news Leela Kumili 2026-08-19T14:17:00Z /news/2026/08/whatsapp-scam-alert-beta/en