How To Protect Your WhatsApp Personal Data
WhatsApp is one of the most commonly used messaging applications by most of us. It provides features like texting through chats, voice call, video call, bill payment, location sharing, files, pictures, videos as well as document sharing. Previously many updates occurred to improve and customize the usage of WhatsApp among people. Recent updates created a new jerk among them.
The privacy policies of WhatsApp states that without agreeing their terms and conditions, the users will be unable to use WhatsApp after February 8, 2021. Most of the people around the world are in need of WhatsApp, because they are dependent in it through business, studies and various other activities.
While looking into the terms and conditions of WhatsApp, it is clear that it is going to store data for 30 days in the server when the user is offline and later it will be deleted. WhatsApp is going to store the data in cloud such as profile picture, contact details, story shared, and also payment details. In 2014, WhatsApp became a new member under Facebook companies.
At that time they are very concentrated about the privacy of the customers and assured them with possibly less data collected from the user. Comparing to other applications of Facebook, WhatsApp provides end to end encryption, i.e., third person apart from recipient and sender cannot be able to see the messages sent which will be encrypted.
If you agree this terms and conditions of this update, most of your personal details will be collected in the server and used for further needs of Facebook companies. In order to safeguard your personal data it is better to use other messaging apps like Telegram, Signal etc., which will have the same end to end encryption provided by WhatsApp. In case you want to agree those terms and continue in WhatsApp may also be able to use the same by protecting their data and maintaining the privacy.
Let us check out those tips and tricks to safeguard your personal stuffs.
- First of all don’t give your real name in the user name, don’t share any story in status as well as don’t write in about section. By doing these stuffs your personal name and such details cannot be shared to WhatsApp.
- Other details like hardware model, signal strength, battery level, time zone etc., will not create major impact in privacy as these details are for any device.
- More important thing is that IP address. By using IP address WhatsApp can easily track through the live location. So while using WhatsApp, turn on VPN (Virtual Private Network) that will hide the IP address of the particular device. You can use various apps like Express VPN, Nord VPN, Surf shark, IP vanish etc., can easily hide IP address from any threat and also provide better usability with utmost efficiency.
- Finally it is advisable to use WhatsApp only for personal communication. Kindly avoid business oriented chats and stuffs in WhatsApp which will put you in vain.
- For business chats go for telegram or signal app. Both will be as efficient as there will be complete data protection. Don’t make any transactions through WhatsApp which will be able to access your bank account details easily and may store your passwords in their server.
So be aware while agreeing terms and conditions of any application not only WhatsApp as smart phones are smarter than human brain.
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