5 Ways to Secure WhatsApp Chats

Information Technology Desk: WhatsApp is the world's most popular messaging platform owned by Meta. All the time using WhatsApp for some work. Hundreds of billions of messages are being exchanged on the site every day. Therefore, the platform is adding new features to make the use of WhatsApp easier and more secure for users.

WhatsApp is very serious about user security. The platform has added many features to protect chats on WhatsApp. Let's know 5 ways to secure WhatsApp chats-

Disappearing Messages
WhatsApp has an option called Disappearing Messages. Turn on this option if you think someone is monitoring your chats or viewing your WhatsApp messages. Then the message will disappear after a certain period of time.

End-to-end encryption
The second tip is end-to-end encryption. Turn on this feature in all chats. The advantage of this is that no one but the person to whom you are sending the message will be able to access it. So there will be no risk of leakage. Be sure to turn on this option in WhatsApp.

Silence Unknown Call
The number of spam calls is increasing day by day. There are ways to stop this call. Go to WhatsApp settings and you will find an option named 'Silence Unknown Call'. If you keep it on, you can avoid unknown calls. Especially spam calls.

Backup Encrypt
Messages as well as chat backups can also be encrypted. Unbeknownst to 99 percent of WhatsApp users, WhatsApp chat backups created in cloud storage can also be leaked. Hackers can gain access to sensitive information by hacking backup storage. So Meta brings encryption feature to keep WhatsApp backup safe.

Chat Lock
Chat Lock option can also come in handy for you. You can lock a specific chat if you think your device has been hacked or a victim of a cyber attack. This chat can be locked with password or biometric.

 

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