Several studies have explored the issue of automated account blocking and unblocking in messaging apps. These studies highlight the challenges of balancing security with user convenience. Machine learning algorithms have been proposed to differentiate between legitimate and malicious activity. However, the specific context of WhatsApp and its proprietary algorithms presents a unique challenge.
These act like a soft “temporary block” without needing to unblock later.
The term usually refers to one of two things:
A machine learning model is trained on the collected data to predict whether a block was legitimate or not. Features for the model could include: