Do you know that your IP address can be tracked while calling on WhatsApp? Yes, if you are not protecting your IP address while calling on WhatsApp, then your security can be in danger.

How online calls are connected

It is necessary to understand here that along with calling, other platforms provide you the facility of peer-to-peer connection. With this direct connection, data transfer becomes fast and the quality of the call also improves.

However, its biggest disadvantage is that the other participants making the call will also know each other's IP address. Such a call is necessary to deliver the data packet to the right device. The meaning of IP address being visible can be understood from the leak of geographical location and internet provider information.

How will WhatsApp's special feature work? Keeping this situation in mind, WhatsApp gives its users the facility to protect IP addresses during calling by enabling the feature (Protect IP Address In Calls). As soon as the feature is turned on, the call of a WhatsApp user reaches the other user through the WhatsApp server. With this feature, one WhatsApp user is unable to see the IP address of another. WhatsApp says that this feature has been introduced keeping in mind the privacy and security of WhatsApp users. The conversation between the two people will remain secret. Pay attention, if you feel that the call reaching another user through the WhatsApp server means involving WhatsApp in the conversation, then it is not so at all. WhatsApp will not be involved in the conversation between two people. WhatsApp clearly says about this feature that WhatsApp will never listen to your conversation. Calls will remain end-to-end encrypted.

How to enable Protect IP Address In Calls

First, you have to open WhatsApp.

Go to the menu button from the top right corner.

Now you have to tap on Settings.

Now you have to tap on Privacy.

Scroll down and tap on Advanced.

Enable Protect IP Address In Calls.