How to prevent WhatsApp from spying on you

WhatsApp is the most used messaging network, and where we see a large part of our conversations, many of them intimate. Therefore, the fear that someone might spy on comments or photos of the app has become recurring.

In this article we are going to give you some important clues that you should always keep in mind, if you want to guarantee maximum privacy when using your personal WhatsApp.

Never leave the phone unattended

As we discovered a few months ago, thanks to our collaboration with Carlos Aldama, a computer expert, one of the most common ways to get WhatsApp hacked is using the WhatsApp app desktop with a second mobile If you take a photo of our WhatsApp QR code in the WhatsApp Web app of another phone, you can access the entire history of conversations and photos from there. That is why it is vital to never leave the app open if we are not in front of it. It only takes a minute for someone to complete this operation.

App lock

Some mobile phones can use their fingerprint reader to block specific apps, thus providing extra security. Our recommendation would be that you do it specifically with WhatsApp, since that way, even leaving your phone on the table without blocking it, no one could access that information. In the event that your mobile does not have this function, there are apps on the market that allow us to activate this type of blocking.

Another helpful tip is to reduce the time it takes for the screen to fade to black and lock to a minimum. Usually it's 30 seconds. Having it in a minute is more comfortable for some things, but the truth is that it is enough for them to play us a bad game.

Public Wi-Fi, a danger

Connecting to free public networks can be dangerous, mainly because we never know exactly what we are connecting to When it comes to a network where we have accessed the password because someone has offered it to us, like in a hotel, it is not so problematic, but in some cafes or places you have to take them with tweezers. Especially if we see several networks with the same name. What could happen? That someone has created a false WiFi network for us to connect to it, and thus be able to access the information on our phone, including WhatsApp.

Beware of public computers

Before we talked about the danger that someone can use WhatsApp Web to connect to your account from another mobile, but there are more possibilities that surround the WhatsApp desktop app. Specifically, if we connect to a public computer, in a hotel or library.

If we connect to WhatsApp Web while doing so, it is very important that when we finish we close the session, since by default it is keeps open. The way to close the session is from our mobile, going to Configuration<WhatsApp Web.

Display letter

This last piece of advice is for those especially wary of their privacy. If we're worried that someone could read our conversations by literally looking over our shoulders, one solution is to choose a screen font that's small enough so they can't understand it from a distance.

It is a decision that has its negative point, since if we reduce the font size too much, our own user experience will be affected, as well as our eye he alth In any case, it is worth knowing about this as a possible alternative for some specific moment.

With these tips, you can enjoy safer use of your favorite messaging application.