WhatsApp: 7 Privacy Settings You Should Enable According To Experts
It's the biggest and most popular instant messaging app - courtesy of Telegram and iMessage - and despite all of that, it is not the most private and secure application.
WhatsApp has many problems, but surely the worst part is that it belongs to Facebook. Although from the social network, they ensure that our data is not used for purposes outside the application but honestly ... who believes Facebook at this point?
Fortunately, WhatsApp has various tools and settings with which we can protect our account and our privacy settings, and although they are not one hundred percent effective, they can help us make our WhatsApp experience a bit safer. We leave you some of the best according to WABetainfo.
Configure account privacy settings
With these tips, your WhatsApp account will be a bit more secure.
We refer to the options Last login, profile picture and information. By default, WhatsApp allows anyone with our phone number to see these settings, which honestly doesn't make sense.
The best? Enter the settings and change them. Even though he either better to choose the option "My contacts", nothing happens to set it to "Nobody" if what you want is that nobody (obviously) can access this data.
Configure who can add you to groups
This is surely one of the most important privacy options of WhatsApp and it is found in Settings -> Account -> Privacy -> Groups.
This option allows us to configure who can add us to groups, thus preventing strangers from adding us to unwanted chats. Here we can choose between "My Contacts" or · My Contacts, except… "in case we don't like someone.
Enable authentication to unblock WhatsApp
Thanks to the fingerprint reader, we can make WhatsApp a more secure tool
We are sure that most of your WhatsApp messages may contain private information that you don't want surely not that anyone reads.
Fortunately, WhatsApp allows you to block the app in its own settings, the only way to access the app is through the fingerprint sensor or, in the case of an iPhone phone, Face ID.
Always keep the WhatsApp app up to date
This might sound like a joke tip, but always having WhatsApp up to date is essential. While app developers don't update the app very frequently, the truth is that when they do, it's always for fix bugs as well as security holes and fixes.
From where the importance of always having WhatsApp set à jour to the latest version.
Block the most annoying users
WhatsApp has many settings that it will be best to configure before starting to use it.
One of the WhatsApp issues that does not happen with alternatives such as Telegramis that he you allows you to start a conversation with a person only by having their phone number. For this reason, if any user of the app is bothering and harassing you, the best and easiest way is to use the blocking feature.
Blocking a contact is quick and easy. You just have to enter the chat, click on the menu button in the upper right corner. Then head to More> Block> Block and the contact will be blocked
Report contacts and groups
In connection with the above, it is possible that blocking a contact is not sufficient but more drastic measures must be taken.
If you are one of those who receive strange messages from unknown contacts, report it in the Contact Information section. If, on the other hand, you have been added to an unknown contact group without any authorization, this group can be reported from the group's own information.
