Skip to main content

How to know if someone else is viewing your WhatsApp messages




This post is inspired by conversations I had with two people recently. Someone called me and asked me to assist in “hacking” a phone number so this person could ‘read’ the WhatsApp messages of the phone number in question. I told this person that WhatsApp chats were difficult to hack.

On the other hand, another person told me of how the person’s WhatsApp was ‘hacked’ and the individual was reading messages and this was only noticed months after. We have therefore decided to show you how to check if someone else is snooping in on your conversations.

First off, let me state that WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted meaning that messages you send out are difficult to read elsewhere. There are still ways by which one can mirror your chats and be viewing them elsewhere. It is important we keep our phones close to us and locked so as to reduce the chances of being snooped on.

For some of us who are mostly on our PCs, we tend to mirror our phones on our PC so we can monitor messages without having to pick up the phone.

How to mirror your phone on your PC


  • To achieve this you need an active internet connection on both your phone and your PC
  • On the phone go to WhatsApp =>Settings=>WhatsApp Web

  • A barcode will be displayed for you to scan with your phone after which you will be able to view your chats on the PC.



You can now use your WhatsApp on your PC. 

Now, Who's snooping Around? 


Now that we know how to mirror our WhatsApp, it is also possible that while we were not looking someone may have mirrored our WhatsApp on the web so you can check that out and log out by;

Go to WhatsApp =>Settings=>WhatsApp Web

Check if there are any active WhatsApp web sessions if there is any you don’t recognize you can log out of them and be safe.

+

If you must use a shared PC  such as those in an office or a cybercafe always remember to log out. Also, remember to untick the "keep me signed in" box when you are signing in.


If we observe these measures, it will help us stay safe and keep our conversations private as much as possible.



Thanks for reading our post, you can follow us on Twitter & Facebook @APNGTech  or the author @AJ_dikachi 


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Searching With a Picture

Searching with images instead of words Sometimes I wonder how earthlings managed to get information before the discovery of the internet and Google’s search engine sometime in 1997. Search engines have revolutionized the way by which we get access to information by making it very easy to scan the internet and get whatever information you need. With the right keywords or search queries, you can get information regarding any topic on this planet or even out of this planet. It has been said, that people learn new skills just from ‘ Googling ’ stuff from the comfort of their devices, from learning about every topic possible ranging from cooking to repairing our devices. Even things as complicated as building a house can be learned by using search engines and as such, I usually say “ With Google, you don’t have any excuse to be stupid .” Have you ever wished you could discover where a certain image originated from, or wished you could find out other information abo...
8 comments
Read more

Rivers State set to become Africa's Tech Hub

Rivers State Technology Creek, RivTechCreek It’s no longer news that the Creeks of the Niger Delta is usually associated with Violence, kidnapping, militancy, crude oil spillage, and theft among other negative vices but what’s news is the efforts of people to change that narrative and one group which is at the forefront of changing the negative narrative of violence in the creeks to that of a tech-powered region is the Rivers State Technology Creek also known as RivTechCreek. RivTechCreek has been at the forefront of training and equipping youths of the Niger Delta with technology skills. The Creek has trained over 5000 youths in various technology-based skills in just over eighteen months of its existence. The striking thing about this training is that a majority of them were trained for free at no charge. SSA on ICT to the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Asawo Ibifuro Addressing pressmen on the achievements of RivTechCreek in the past eighteen months of its operat...
Post a Comment
Read more

Before You Buy Your Next Phone

Before you buy your next phone Consider these few things... Mobile Phones have become a major part of our lives. We use them for work, (how about to garner information? It is different from work, to stay abreast of global trends. You can't negate this or disregard it), to socialise and even for spiritual purposes.  Choosing the right phone to get is therefore very important as this is a determinant of the effectiveness of the phone to you What then are the things to look out for when choosing a phone? We will attempt to guide you through as you try to make up your mind on your next phone. The following are necessary: 1. YOUR BUDGET How much are you willing to (I'll prefer splurge on your next phone) spend to get your next phone? Phones can cost from 20k to as much as 500k. While the 20k phones may not have all the functionality of the 500k phones, they are at least, able to do the basics like calls, SMS, social media, and even camera. Which brings us to our next item to conside...
2 comments
Read more