WhatsApp is much more than an application for sending messages and making video calls with our contacts. For many, their WhatsApp account is part of their professional life and even their business, and even if we only use it personally, we constantly share photos and sensitive data through this application, such as, for example, the location where we are. .
It's important keep our WhatsApp account secureand the platform offers several tools to protect the account and our chats. However, one of its most useful functions can also pose a risk: WhatsApp allows you to use your account on multiple devices, could someone spy on your conversations this way? The answer is: yes, under certain conditions. But there is a way around this problem.
If you think they are spying on your WhatsApp, here's what you can do to check and avoid it
Adding the same account on multiple devices is something very useful. We can thus access our WhatsApp from the computer, even from the web. And if we have two cell phones, we can use the same account on both devices.
In order to add our WhatsApp account to a PC or another mobile phone, we need to scan a QR code using our main smartphone. The risk is that someone takes your mobile phone and adds your WhatsApp account to a device they own, spy on your conversations and the files you share without you being able to notice it.
You don't need to be a hacker, anyone can do it, you just need have access to your mobile hand (unlocked, of course) to add your WhatsApp account to your device. Fortunately, this can be avoided.
If you think they are spying on your WhatsApp or want to be sure no one has access to it, follow these steps:
- Go to WhatsApp and click on the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Now select 'Linked devices'
On this screen you will see all the devices linked to your WhatsApp account, that is, all the devices that have access to your account: computers, WhatsApp Web and other smartphones. If you gave them access, they will be there. Instead, If you see a device you don't recognize, it could be a spy device. In this case, you must click on it and close the session.
It is advisable to take advantage of the tools offered by WhatsApp to protect our account. For example, we can activate fingerprint lock for WhatsApp, from the application Settings menu, in the “Privacy” section. When enabling this type of security measure No one will be able to access our WhatsApp even if we lend the unlocked mobilewhich adds an extra layer of security to our account.
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