How to protect WhatsApp from spying
WhatsApp takes all necessary measures to ensure that users’ accounts are protected from hacking and espionage, and it encrypts all conversations sent through it to raise the level of security, and the site’s administrators have added a new feature that makes it difficult for others to access private user accounts, This feature is known as two-step verification, and it can be activated by following the following:
- Open WhatsApp and go to Settings.
- Click on the Account option, then the two-step verification option.
- Choose the "Enable" button.
- WhatsApp will send a random passcode, after which the user has to enter a new 6-digit code.
- Enter a valid email address for WhatsApp to use when you forget the passcode.
In the event that you choose not to enter an email address and forget the passcode, WhatsApp will close the account for a period of 7 days, with the possibility of reactivating it using the same mobile phone number after the expiry of this period, without the user being able to retrieve messages received during these seven days.
Control what is shared on WhatsApp
The user can protect his WhatsApp account by limiting and restricting the things that he shares through this account, and think carefully before sharing anything via WhatsApp, and although WhatsApp does not store any of the messages that the user sends, the recipient of this message It has the ability to share the content of this message via WhatsApp or other applications.
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Share the site via WhatsApp with trusted authorities
Sharing the current location via the WhatsApp account can cause problems with security and protection settings, and it is recommended not to share the location via WhatsApp to trusted parties,[2] and you can stop sharing the location by selecting the + sign on the friend’s chat page that the location was shared with him, then click on the Stop Sharing button.
Reveal the last appearance of WhatsApp on mobile
You can detect the last appearance of WhatsApp on your iPhone or Android device by following the following:
Open the green WhatsApp with a white phone icon inside a white bubble. In the case of the iPhone, start by clicking on the Settings (Settings) available in the right corner of the screen if the phone is in English, but in the case of the Android device, click on the (⋮) icon shown at the top right of the screen and then click on the Settings option, and if a conversation page is displayed When you open the application, you can click on the back button available at the top left of the screen.
Click on Account at the top of the screen. Click on Privacy available at the top of the account page. Clicking on Last Seen available at the top of the privacy page, which provides three options: Everyone: which enables all contacts of people who have private contact information to see the last seen on WhatsApp, and My Contacts: This enables only the private contacts list to see the last seen, and nobody can see the last seen for everyone.
Click on the option you want to apply from among the three options displayed in the last seen section of its application.
Disable read receipts on WhatsApp
Disabling read receipts results in both parties not knowing whether the other party has read their messages or not. This feature can be activated by following these steps:
Open WhatsApp and click on the Settings icon. Click on the Account option, then the Privacy option. Scroll down until Read Receipts is found and deselected.
Save messages on WhatsApp
WhatsApp settings allow to save a backup copy of the conversations displayed on the application, and this can be done by following the following steps:
Open WhatsApp and go to Settings. Click on the Conversations option, then the Back Up Chats option to be able to manually backup to the SIM card, or click on the Email Chat option available in the same menu and choose any of the displayed chats on the screen and forwarded to your email address.
How to hide the last login time in WhatsApp
Some may want to activate this service to enjoy complete privacy, so that they can enter the application and use it without knowing their contacts, and this is of course not an easy matter as it relieves him of the burden of communicating with everyone who does not want to talk to them and is ashamed to tell them that, and here it must be noted. The method of hiding the last appearance varies according to the type of operating system used, and the two methods can be explained in detail as follows:
Hide iOS Last Seen
Enter the application, then click on the three vertical dots at the top of the screen, then choose the settings item. Select the privacy icon, then edit the last seen list and choose Nobody over Everyone or Contacts.
Hide last seen Android
Enter the application, then click on the three vertical dots at the top of the screen, then choose the settings item. Select the privacy icon, then edit the last seen list and choose Nobody over Everyone or Contacts.