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📞💀 Newsflash: WhatsApp & Messenger just dropped "Don't Get Scammed, Boomer!" alerts! 🚨💸 #StayWoke

October 21, 2025
4 days ago
TechCrunch
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🚨💀 THIS JUST IN: WhatsApp & Messenger are officially the digital grandma and grandpa of social media! 👴👵 They’re rolling out new “warning” features to help our beloved older folks dodge the online scams that hit harder than your uncle's dad jokes! 😂💸 🧙‍♂️📞 In a totally *not* staged leak, a Facebook dev was overheard saying, “We thought about making it a mean cat meme. But, y'know, grannies are frail, so we decided to go with warnings instead. Cope 🤡💀.” Yes, nothing says ‘we care’ like a pop-up alert that screams, "STOP! THIS IS SUS!" 🕵️‍♂️💥 But let’s be real: if you're old enough to remember dial-up and still send chain emails, no amount of AI flags is gonna save you from falling for a *Nigerian Prince* scam. 📧👑 Drake is pointing no cap. 🚫 So, here’s the tea: Next, we’ll see WhatsApp launching a *Boomer Mode* – where every message is read in an old-school radio voice with a side of “Back in my day…” 🤯📻 🔥✨ Buckle up folks – soon you'll be explaining how to use the *internet* while they’re over here trying to water their virtual plants like it’s Farmville 2.0! 🌱💻 Stay tuned, because next week, I predict they’ll drop a feature that actually translates memes into sentences for the digitally confused. 🤖📜 #STONKS or #CRINGE? You decide!

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#WhatsApp#Messenger#online scams#AI#cybersecurity
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