In the 21st century, privacy is something that is conspicuous by its absence and even more so when it comes to social networks. That's why try to protect our applications should be one of our priorities. In today's article we will learn how put security in whatsapp so we have more privacy control over our favorite messaging client.
Security measures in WhatsApp Why implement them?
Well, basically because the security and privacy measures in WhatsApp in some aspects… they are very scarce… anyone can lose your cell phone and make another person read the messages or that we simply have to do a hard reset and lose all the information in the application. That's why we have to increase information security on WhatsApp not only to avoid "nosy" but also to avoid unwanted situations in case of loss or theft.
How to increase security in WhatsApp 2022
In today's article we will look at the basic actions for increase security and privacy in our favorite messaging client… let's see some!
Make a backup
If you want to enjoy a secure account without fear of losing all your information, you must learn how to make backup copies of WhatsApp in this tutorial I'll explain how to do it step by step. In this backup we will have all the messages, photos, videos, audios and documents in Google Drive, for this we must follow these steps:
- Let's go to the top right of the 3 vertical dots.
- Settings > Chats.
- Backup > Save.
We can choose to make a monthly, weekly or daily copy and also manual, in turn we can also choose the connection type that we want to use (data or WiFi).
How to have more security on WhatsApp
Later we will see 2 ways to activate security in WhatsApp with and without applications.
Use App Lock to lock WhatsApp
App Lock is an application that allows us to protect our applications with a pin code or even (in the future) with our fingerprint.
Download App Lock
We are able to scaricare App Lock per for free directly from the Play Store at the following link.
Enable two-step verification
Another way to use more security is to activate 2-step verification in WhatsApp here is a simple tutorial so you can see how to do it step by step. Thanks to this method we will be able to put a pin code to this messaging client, in this way if our mobile is stolen, no one will be able to access our messages if they do not know ours security code. And it is that everyone at some point in life has experienced the feeling of horror that is lose a cell phone and think that another person reads our messages, that's why the verification activation is one way to solve this security gap in WhatsApp easy and fast, for this we have to follow the following steps:
- Let's go to the top right where the 3 vertical dots are.
- Settings > Account > XNUMX-Step Verification.
- We enter a 6-digit code.
- We add an email and click OK.
How to know if you are being spied on WhatsApp
Today I think everyone knows how to access WhatsApp Web, it's basically a way to use the application on the PC. The problem is that if another person in our environment has physical access to our terminal, he could spy on our conversations. Honestly, while this issue is being fixed, I think it's a security error in WhatsApp quite serious, since if your partner has access to your smartphone he can easily read our conversations and this… it's a crime. But don't worry in the Green Android we explain to you how to know if someone is spying on you on whatsapp.
Steps to make your WhatsApp account more secure
To know if we are spied on, we have to enter WhatsApp top right and click on 3 vertical points. We will see 2 details:
- If we have a desktop icon, abbiamo started a WhatsApp web session.
- Let's go into WhatsApp Web to find out what's going on.
This is where we will check if we have one active session on WhatsApp Web. This is where we have to "Close all sessions".
We will be asked if we want to log out of all devices, of course we will click on «Close session».
And the other person non will more spy on us on whatsapp, from now on we have to prevent other people from having direct access to our device to make sure that no one starts an account on WhatsApp Web without our permission.
And these are the most basic measures for put security in whatsapp, if you know more, feel free to leave me a comment and I'll take care of adding it. Also remember to share this content if it was helpful to you please, it would help me a lot.. thank you so much!
