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5 ways to secure your WhatsApp chats

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WhatsApp is leading messaging app

WhatsApp offers encryption for chats, videos and even your voice notes. Here are 5 tips to secure your account.

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1. Keep encryption on

You should keep end-to-end encryption on by default for all chats which makes sure nobody, including WhatsApp can read your messages.

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2. Turn on Disappearing messages

Turn on disappearing messages for chats so that if you feel the device is being tracked, the chats can go away in minutes or hours.

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3. Access Chat Lock feature

Use chat lock to protect sensitive chats especially when you fear unauthorised access of your device.
 

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4. Silence Unknown calls

To avoid call scams, use silence unknown caller and Call relay feature that hides your IP address during calls.

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5. Encryption for Chats

Enable encryption for chat backups on the cloud so that Google or Apple cannot access your backed up content

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