WhatsApp to make major change, allow users to connect to app without internet

WhatsApp to make major change, allow users to connect to app without internet

Muscat: WhatsApp will allow users to connect to the messaging app via proxy servers for the first time to allow users to stay online without the internet, said the Daily Record (UK).

The Daily Record(UK) reported that the messaging service, which is owned by Meta, will allow people to use the app even when an internet shutdown or block is in place.

According to the company, which also owns Facebook and Instagram, the decision was in response to internet shutdowns seen in countries such as Iran in recent months, which the company said “deny people’s human rights and cut people off from receiving urgent help”.

A new feature within WhatsApp’s settings will allow users to enter the name of a proxy server and use it to connect to the internet, It was reported by the British Daily Mail>

It will still allow messages to be protected by using the same end-to-end encryption - which means only people who can read a given email or file are the sender and the intended recipient

Proxy servers work as alternative gateways between a user and the internet when traditional connection methods and servers have been shut down or cut off – providing the necessary connection between a user