How to keep WhatsApp account safe 5 Hidden Trick

We are all familiar with this app WhatsApp. Today everyone from kids to adults use WhatsApp messaging app to communicate. But do we know how secure it is?

Since WhatsApp is widely used, its security has become vulnerable. WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption, and there are some simple and secure steps we can take on our own to stay more secure.

Some WhatsApp features to avoid surveillance

Uzma Barlaskar, an employee of WhatsApp, shares some tips on keeping WhatsApp account secure on X. These techniques can be used by anyone to increase the security of their WhatsApp account.

Security features of WhatsApp in detail:

E2EE is on by default

If your Whats-App chats are important to you and you want to keep all your chats or data safe, then you can turn on E2EE Backup. Let’s see how to do it

1. First of all we will open Whats-App and click on the three dot button on the right side.
2. Then click on “Settings” and click on “Chats” option.
3. Then scroll the page and click on “Chat backup” option, click on “End-to-end encrypted backup” option.
4. Now you can enjoy E2EE facility by clicking on “Turn on” button here .

Turn on Disappearing Messages for all your chats

Uzma recommends that you use the ‘Disappearing Messages’ feature for all chats. With this feature you can automatically delete chats after 24 hours, seven days or 90 days. Let’s see how to do it

1. First of all, I will open the chat of that person.
2. Then click on profile and click on “Disappearing messages” option.
3. Then you can choose the duration (for how long the chats will be automatically deleted) as you like.

Chat Lock for sensitive  chats

You can also use “Chat lock” facility for important chats. This locks your chats, which only you can open. Which is usually unlocked with your fingerprint. Let’s see how to do it

1. First of all, I will open the chat of that person.
2. Then click on profile and click on “Chat lock” option.

For calls, Silence Unknown calls & Call Relay – 

Silence Unknown calls

You can block calls from all unknown numbers using Whats-App’s “silence unknown callers” feature. Let’s see how to do it

1. To block calls from all unknown numbers, open Whats-App and click on the three dot button on the right side. 
2. Then click on setting and click on privacy option.
3. Then scroll the page and click on calls option.
4. Now here we will turn on the silence unknown callers option.

Call Relay

“Call Relay” is a new feature that helps protect your IP address during calls. This prevents hackers from finding out where you are. Let’s see how to do it

1. First of all we will open Whats-App and click on the three dot button on the right side.
2. Then click on “Settings” and click on “Privacy” option.
3. Then scroll the page and click on the “Advanced” option at the very bottom, turn on the “Protect IP address in calls” option.

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