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How is whatsapp.com?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 18 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 240 ms.

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • ·Nothing in the checks added risk.

Rule-based: domain age, blocklists, TLS. A heuristic, not a guarantee.

How whatsapp.com looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
240 ms · ends at www.whatsapp.com
HTTPS
8 d
left on a DigiCert Inc certificate
Age
18 years
registered 2008-09-04
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records6 record types
A31.13.66.56
AAAA2a03:2880:f203:c5:face:b00c:0:167
MX20 mx0b-00082601.pphosted.com
10 mxb-00082601.gslb.pphosted.com
20 mx0a-00082601.pphosted.com
10 mxa-00082601.gslb.pphosted.com
NSb.ns.whatsapp.net
d.ns.whatsapp.net
a.ns.whatsapp.net
c.ns.whatsapp.net
TXTGhm7XCdpYQEendZNsepA80OBAhbN9sfITvUxiy9FNdOGBxeAQICCmLbuXm23hNaysns+wZ6GskJWMtWD1/Ha9Q==
facebook-domain-verification=ziojpt80hl1748lx6agku0kpttifb2
b42e0aa4-9d21-4a73-a111-fba236f1a835
slack-domain-verification=nRBGtO4znsPRYjkw5QqoXTNMh0Um600moF3unj2I
MS=ms22994725
bFwlY7J2JzFYHw5qkQFcBD6EOr9JL4VBpYSXSk3p8lA
google-site-verification=MXbDGih8wW-64G5maXGw8iIkFbH7iv_vLobZd-kxdNo
dropbox-domain-verification=lfq0o9x85s8s
adobe-idp-site-verification=a0d9793b-fc40-430b-9ab4-d3c75e4dcfba
v=spf1 include:_spf.fb.com include:facebookmail.com -all
CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com; account=271b0beda0771d006aa3a6c11b05187d456d6c239b46cb5241196095b09c92af', 'critical': 0}
RegistrationRegistrarSafe, LLC
registrarRegistrarSafe, LLC
registered2008-09-04
expires2034-09-04
last changed2025-09-24
ownerWhatsApp LLC
nameserversa.ns.whatsapp.net
b.ns.whatsapp.net
c.ns.whatsapp.net
d.ns.whatsapp.net
statusclient delete prohibited
client transfer prohibited
client update prohibited
server delete prohibited
server transfer prohibited
server update prohibited
registered 2008-09-04expires 2034-09-04
HTTPS certificate8 days left
validyes
issuerDigiCert Inc
covers*.whatsapp.net, *.cdn.whatsapp.net, *.snr.whatsapp.net, *.whatsapp.com, wa.me, whatsapp.com, whatsapp.net
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-08-04expires 2026-11-02
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → com → whatsapp.com
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 include:_spf.fb.com include:facebookmail.com -all
DMARCpass policy reject
DKIMfound: google, mail

Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.

Security scoregrade A · 175/205
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
45/45missing: DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
25/25
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop31.13.66.56Barracuda31.13.66.56UCEPROTECT Level 131.13.66.56

Green: clean. Red: listed. Grey: the list did not answer.

Ask it yourself

Agents get this as data. Bought through the API, the checks behind this page cost $0.070: profile $0.025 + trust $0.020 + screenshot $0.020 + site status $0.005.

curl "https://how.is/v1/domain/trust?domain=whatsapp.com" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOWIS_KEY" # or pay per call in USDC (x402), no key: the 402 tells your agent the price curl -i "https://how.is/v1/domain/profile?domain=whatsapp.com"

MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor (one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on whatsapp.com. Reference: /llms.txt.

Watch whatsapp.com. DNS read at the source every 5 minutes; certificate, blocklists and expiry every 6 hours. You get an email only when something changes.

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