WhatsApp is a popular internet messaging app that, due to its design, is one of the most private Android apps available. If a rogue gains access to your WhatsApp account without your knowledge, it might have serious consequences.
WhatsApp Web is a remarkable tool that allows users to send and receive messages from any device by scanning a QR code and linking their WhatsApp account. Users can simulate their WhatsApp account on any device with a fixed web browser using WhatsApp Web. This can be used to monitor or hack into your WhatsApp account. We’ve discovered a few ways to figure out if your Whatsapp QR code has been scanned.
How to Know If Someone Scanned Your Whatsapp QR Code
Many times, people are really interested in your life, and the most powerful instrument they have is access to your WhatsApp. They only require your unlocked phone and WhatsApp Web Barcode for a few seconds. Boom!! He or she now has access to an exact copy of your WhatsApp account, complete with all of your chats and media. WhatsApp on your phone will function correctly.
However, the surveillance device will record everything you send or receive. WhatsApp Web will replicate a WhatsApp account on a device, complete with chat logs, media access, status updates, and the ability to send messages.
In case if you missed it, we want to let you know that the first evidence will appear on the cell phone itself in the form of a notification. You will be able to see a notification in your notification bar saying ‘Whataap Web is currently active’. By this, you can easily know that someone has scanned your WhatsApp QR code and using your Whatsaap on the web.
If you missed it, you can check your account usage by following the steps below.
- Launch WhatsApp.
- In the top right corner, click the Menu option indicated by three vertical dots.
- Click on the WhatsApp Web option to see if any other devices or apps have access to your WhatsApp.
If you notice one or more computers with open sessions to which you have not granted access, your WhatsApp account has been compromised. Your account has been “intervened,” and they have accessed your Whatsaap account using your QR code.
Activating the account on a different device is another technique for people to snoop on WhatsApp. Basically, they register your WhatsApp number on a different phone and then recover all of your saved chats or conversations during the setting process. Anyone can do this by using their cell phone to receive the WhatsApp verification code.
If this is done, you will receive the notice “This phone could not be authenticated” on your phone because the number is registered on another device. You can recover account access by re-verifying your phone number.
To prevent your WhatsApp account from being scanned, log out of any open sessions and the user will immediately lose access to your account. The most effective way to prevent this from happening again is to set up WhatsApp with App Lock. This way, even if someone gets their hands on your phone, they won’t be able to use WhatsApp or connect it to a PC or another app via WhatsApp Web.
Protect Your WhatsApp Account from getting Activated on other Device
To prevent your WhatsApp from becoming active on another phone, there is a complex approach. It’s as simple as enabling two-step verification.
To do so, visit;
WhatsApp → Menu options at Top Right → Settings → Account → Enable 2 Step-verification.
If someone tries to use your WhatsApp account on another device, he will be prompted for a security code that only you know. It will be hard for someone else to register your WhatsApp on another computer without that code.
