{Disarmed} How to know if your WhatsApp messages are encrypted
WhatsApp is the most used messaging service . Some time ago the company incorporated an option through which it is possible to make the chat much more secure and encrypt the information . In such a way that even if someone tries to steal them from the server, they would be unreadable and their content practically impossible to decipher.
This is a functionality that other messaging services such as Telegram already included . Now, the surprise of many users is that this option is not always activated.
How to check if your WhatsApp chats are encrypted
To check if your chats are safe, just follow these steps:
- Open WhatsApp .
- Choose the chat you want to check whether or not it is encrypted .
- Click on the name at the top.
- Lastly, scroll down until " Encryption " appears. If the padlock appears and clicking on it lets you verify the security of your chats, everything is safe.
In the event that any of your WhatsApp chats does not appear as encrypted, you just have to update the application through the Google Play Store , since you may not be using the version that includes this functionality.
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The news How to know if your WhatsApp messages are encrypted was originally published in xiaomist by Alejandro Fernández .
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