Directory Assistants fetching for a user

WhatsApp Bot

Link previews. Operated by meta.

Identity: Names itself in its user agent only.

How to recognise it

  • Nothing reliable: Double Agent detects it by behaviour and environment

With Double Agent

Sessions from WhatsApp are labelled bot with agent_id: meta.whatsapp, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to. Install: https://doubleagent.so/install.md

Source: https://github.com/monperrus/crawler-user-agents