WhatsApp is an app made for you to stay in touch with your loved ones that are far and near anytime, anywhere. WhatsApp is available in over 180 countries with over 2 billion people using the app, WhatsApp is free and easy to use, although data charges may apply.
WhatsApp was founded by Jan Koum and Brian Acton, WhatsApp started as an alternative to SMS, now variety of media (text, video, document, photos, etc) can be sent and received.
In case you don’t know, WhatsApp has some new features, and the new security feature is one of them. You can now protect your messages with end to end encryption.
So in this article, I will tell you how you can protect your WhatsApp account. Just keep reading on.
Privacy Updates On WhatsApp.
WhatsApp now offers you new privacy features that provides an extra layer of protection.
- Choose Who Can See When You’re Online: Seeing when your family and friends are online helps feel closer to them, but there are times when you just want to check your WhatsApp privately without anybody knowing. For the times when you want to keep your WhatsApp presence private, WhatsApp now has the feature for you to select who can and can not see when you are online.
- Leave Groups Silently: You can now leave groups silently without making it a big deal, instead of notifying the whole group that you’re leaving, only the admin gets notified.
- Screenshot Blocking For View Once Messages: View once message is a popular way to share videos and photos that don’t need to have a permanent record. You can now add screenshot blocking for view once messages, thereby adding an a layer of protection to your WhatsApp account.
How To Turn-On End To End Encryption.
WhatsApp offers you end to end encryption to make sure that your private message that you send and receive, only you and the person you’re talking to can read it.
With end to end encryption, you can also add an extra layer of protection to your iCloud and Google Drive backup.
To turn up end to end encryption, follow these easy steps.
- In your Whatsapp, open settings.
- Tap chats, then chats backup, and click end to end encryption.
- Tap turn on, Follow the instructions to create a password.
- Tap create and wait for WhatsApp to prepare your end to end encrypted backup.
How To Protect Your WhatsApp Account.
Here are some things you can do to protect your WhatsApp account.
- Automatic Security Code: Most security conscious WhatsApp users take advantage of the security code verification feature (end to end encryption), which helps you ensure that you are chatting with the intended recipient. To make this easier, WhatsApp has a security feature based on a process called “key transparency”, which allows you verify if you have a secure connection.
- Device Verification: One of the biggest threats to people’s privacy is mobile device malware. WhatsApp has added checks to authenticate your account with no action needed from you.
- Account Protect: If you want to switch your account to a new device, WhatsApp wants to double check that its really you. WhatsApp will ask you on your old device that you wabt to take this step as an extra security check. This feature helps you stop people that want to move your account to another device.
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