How to prevent your WhatsApp from being hacked?

How to prevent your WhatsApp account from being hacked and how to keep it secure?

Now a days there are lot of applications available on Google Playstore like Whatscan for Whatsapp etc. By using these apps you can easily hack anyone's WhatsApp account and get all the notifications, incoming & outgoing messages.

Is it really possible to hack WhatsApp?

Yes! It is possible upto a certain extent but don't worry, you can easily protect your WhatsApp from being hacked and you can even secure your WhatsApp if it is already hacked. You can keep WhatsApp 100% safe by simply following some instructions. 

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First of all we should know how the WhatsApp is hacked. WhatsApp claims that their app provides End to End encryption and no third party interference is possible. Yes it is true but third party interference is possible if you allow anybody to use your own account. If you share your WhatsApp security code with someone or anybody else gets the barcode then your WhatsApp account may be vulnerable. I know an incident in which a boy installed Whatscan for WhatsApp on his own smartphone and then scanned a barcode by using his girl friend's WhatsApp account and he got all the access to that girl's WhatsApp account.

WhatsApp Security bar-code

How to prevent WhatsApp-hacking?

1. Never share barcode of your WhatsApp account with anyone.

2.Never let anyone scan any type of barcode by using your WhatsApp account or your smartphone.

What should you do if your WhatsApp is already hacked?

Just update your WhatsApp from Google Playstore. Now if you are using the latest version of WhatsApp you can not update as there will be no update for you. In this case please follow the following steps.

1. Back up all your WhatsApp data.

2. Uninstall your WhatsApp.

3. Install it again and restore data from back up.

How does it work?

Whenever we update our WhatsApp application the security codes get changed and if you uninstall and then reinstall your WhatsApp then the security code also changes. When a new security code is generated that account becomes safe and secure again.