Know if Someone is Reading Your WhatsApp Messages: The most popular social media App – Whatsapp is continuously enhancing its features and gaining popularity with 2 million users a day. Whatsapp gives you free voice calls, video calls, group chats, shopping carts, and even now bill payments! Hence it is very important to keep your privacy too much secretive and take precautions if someone on your back is misusing your information.
The App is giving its security with two-step verification that even WhatsApp can’t operate your private information as it is end-to-end encrypted. But, you are still not allowed to be tension-free! In the world of the internet, anything can happen. Hackers and scammers are increasing with increasing securities.
Whatsapp is being hacked by different apps by which the QR of your WhatsApp is been scanned and enabled into another device without your consent. As well, WhatsApp gives a feature of Whatsapp Web in which you can operate Whatsapp on PC; the mistake happens here if you forget to log out from a cyber desktop or office desktop where you might every day using it. It would make to hackers work easy by again opening the webpage of Whatsapp and using your personal information
Read our article, how to recognize if someone is reading messages on your WhatsApp and how to prevent it.
How Someone Can Access Your Whatsapp Messages
Everyone in this world is interested in what is going on in another life. Whether they are successful or going through some tough times, they want to get an answer to every problem.
1. Whatsapp QR Code
They can just unlock your phone and use the barcode of your Whatsapp and here they are with accessing Whatsapp into another device.
Whatsapp web will show all your information like chats, media, statuses, and shopping you have done. They sometimes read texts from people they don’t know.
You will get a message on your phone saying that “your Whatsapp Web is currently online.”
Here are the steps to verify is it true:
- Tap on the WhatsApp button to open it.
- 3 verticals dots are at the upper right corner.
- Click the dots.
- A drop-down menu will be available.
- Click on the Whatsapp Web option and check for any device or App using your Whatsapp.
2. Third-Party Tools
If one or many computers are linked using your Whatsapp, it's time for worrying as your Whatsapp is been compromised to some another person who is spying on you. Some browsers and apps that are not safe and contain threats are not safe for your device. They promote a variety of viruses that steal your personal data.
3. Whatsapp Messages Backup
Storage security should be kept in such a place where it is password protected. Whereas, you might be ended by someone using your data and information that you don’t want to reveal.
4. If Whatsapp is been operated on another Device
There is one more method in which a person can hack your Whatsapp is through using your number on another mobile.
- They simply install Whatsapp.
- When it asks to enter a phone number, they enter your number.
- After that, Whatsapp ask for a chat-backup during configuration.
- They configure it by taking your mobile without your knowledge and enter the OTP received by Whatsapp and uses it.
Nevertheless, after this when you will try to operate Whatsapp you will receive a message you cannot use Whatsapp, as the number is registered on another device. You can come to know that your Whatsapp is been spayed. You don’t have to be concerned; you can re-verify your mobile number and gain access to your account.
How to Know if Someone is Reading Your WhatsApp Messages
You’ll get a message on your phone that says “Your Whatsapp Web is currently online.”
If one or many computers are linked using your Whatsapp, it’s time for worrying as your Whatsapp is been compromised to some another person who is spying on you.
Prevent Someone’s From Reading Your Whatsapp Messages
1. Enable Two-Step Verification
First of all, activate two-step-verification that is done in the following steps:
- Open Whatsapp.
- Go to Settings> Accounts.
- Tap to two-step verification by enabling the feature.
- This feature will send a verification code whenever the user will try to open an account on Whatsapp.
2. Disable Whatsapp Web
When you see a notification that your Whatsapp is been used by another device. You should go through Whatsapp web and click the option of logout from all the devices.
All applications must be closed:
Every system whether it’s Ios or android gives an inbuilt feature to lock apps. Whatsapp mostly contains important information hence it is necessary to lock it to avoid being hacked.
3. Lock all the Applications
It is important to lock every application, allowing not to access media and photos until they are third-party apps. As some of the application contains a virus that uses your personal information.
It is important to keep your phone with yourself and not to give it to some unknown. Do not download unnecessary applications that spy’s your important information. Always try to keep anti-virus into your mobile to avoid viruses entering your phone. As it is now inbuilt in every phone whether Ios or android but it is important only to keep third-party apps.
Whatsapp has made it mandatory for two-step verification hence the chances of hacking are lessened but we can’t challenge the technology and its misusers!
