5 Tips To Secure Your WhatsApp Chats

Producer: Priyanka Das Editor: Mohit Bisht

WhatsApp is one of the popular messaging apps that has multiple security features.

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It is used for sending chats, videos, voice notes and more.

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But these days, many people are afraid of their privacy on the app.

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To avoid feeling that you are a target of surveillance, WhatsApp has 5 tips to secure your account.

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You should keep end-to-end encryption on by default for all chats.

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Turn on disappearing messages for chats to lose them in hours.

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Enable encryption for chat backups on the cloud to secure your content.

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Use chat lock to protect sensitive chats.

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To avoid call scams, use silence unknown caller and call relay features.

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