How to lock and hide your WhatsApp chats from prying eyes?

Conversation Whatsapp – Source : spm

You are so kind and helpful that you can’t refuse to lend your super cool smartphone to your friends. Except that here, you know full well that some of them are very curious and that they would not hesitate to snoop a little. No question of them accessing your confidential content! Don’t worry, it only takes a few quick and easy steps to protect all your data. Here are the steps to follow to secure your whatsapp conversations.

• How to secure your WhatsApp messages on Android?

1. Access the WhatsApp platform, go to Settings and select Privacy.
2. Scroll down where you will find the “ScreenLock” option. Select it and enable Face ID or fingerprint to unlock the app.
3. From there, you will decide if you want the function to be available immediately following leaving the application, following 1 minute, 15 minutes or even following more than an hour.

• How to lock a whatsapp conversation on iphone?

1. Enter the WhatsApp application, go to the Settings tab at the bottom right of the screen and select Privacy.
2. Then press “screen lock”. Enable the “Require Face ID” or “Touch ID” option to unlock the app.
3. As with Android, you will be able to select how long identification should be required. Rest assured, despite the lock, you will still be able to respond to messages or calls.

Have you ever heard of “GBWhatsApp” app? This is a “modified” and unofficial version of WhatsApp that offers a host of attractive features to personalize your account. One of them allows you to hide chats without even having to archive them. Why not use it to counter the naughty curious little ones?

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Here are the steps to take to keep your conversations private:

1. Install GBWhatsApp on your Android Smartphone and login with your WhatsApp account (the login process is the same as the original WhatsApp).
2. Press and hold the chat you want to hide. Next, click on the three dots in the upper right corner and select the “Hide” option.
3. You will then be asked to define a particular “sign”. Once you set it up, the chat will be immediately hidden from the rest of the open chat list. There you go, neither seen nor known!

Tired of receiving unwanted messages from pushy contacts? No worries, there is a ready-made solution to this untimely harassment. The good news is that you won’t even need to download a third-party app or even block the contacts in question.

To enable this feature, do the following:

• Enter the whatsapp platform.
• Select the person whose messages you no longer wish to receive.
• Then press the three dots and select the “silent mode” function.
• A window will appear: select the “always” option and deactivate “Show notifications”.
• All you have to do is archive the conversation…and you’re done!

Application whatsapp – Source : spm

If you spend a huge amount of time on this platform, you need to take some precautions to ensure your safety. Because, like everywhere on the Internet, cybercriminals never rest on their laurels and you might be a target at any time. For your own security, you should update yourself and follow these recommendations to put in place to make your WhatsApp account as secure as possible. Here are a few :

• Enable two-step verification

If you haven’t already, now is the time to get started! Two-step authentication is a protective weapon to prevent cybercriminals from stealing your account and accessing your private data.

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• Choose what information you want to share

Don’t want your entire contact list to have access to your every move? Nothing might be simpler: WhatsApp allows you to sort and filter whoever you want. Via the “Privacy” section, nestled in “Settings” or “Configuration”, you can easily determine the contacts authorized to see your profile photo, your last connection or even your status. Nice option, right?

• Remove sensitive content

Finally, like any social network, the WhatsApp platform stores everything you share…and has for a long time. So, on the one hand, the memory of your device can quickly saturate, on the other, in the event of theft, anyone can access your content in the blink of an eye. If you want to avoid falling into this trap, it is better to delete or store all the most sensitive files in an external hard drive. You have been warned!

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