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Millions of people in Spain use WhatsApp on a daily basis to stay in contact with their family, friends or work colleagues. An application that uses to launch new functions constantly, such as the one so that strangers do not gossip the last time you connected or others to improve privacy; but still vulnerable and other people can spy on your account.
Spying on WhatsApp conversations is completely illegal, but that does not mean that there are people who continue to carry out this practice. If you suspect that someone else may be watching your account, you can always carry out a few tricks to get rid of doubts. There are even certain actions you can take to avoid such a situation as well.
Unlike other shortcuts, to complete these little-known tricks no need to download any third-party app, since only a few native functions of the app owned by Meta, formerly known as Facebook. Therefore, they are totally safe to perform.
How do they work?
There are a series of steps and signals to find out if you have been hacked or if they are spying on your WhatsApp, such as active sessions or if messages arrive and they always appear as read without you having done it before. The first tip to clear up doubts is check what sessions are open with your account.
Close linked sessions on WhatsApp.
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To find out, you have to open WhatsApp, touch the three points in the upper right corner on Android or in the ‘Settings’ section on iPhone and go to the ‘Linked devices’ section. By pressing on it you will see the list of all active sessions and when they have connected. If you do not recognize any, you must press it and delete it.
WhatsApp Web is another way that is often used to spy on an account and more if the computer is shared with another person, since if you leave the session without closing it is quite easy for them to access your conversations. Another method is to link your account to a third-party PC, although for this they would need to physically have your mobile. A session that would also come out in the ‘Linked devices’ section.
Creating a broadcast list is another trick to know if someone is spying on you, since it allows you to find out if a stranger has your number without you knowing it. Anyone can have access to your WhatsApp through some software spy who can enter your smartphone in different ways, although the most common is usually the discharge of a app fraudulent. On the other hand, there is also the ‘SIM swapping’ technique, that is, hackers make a duplicate of the victim’s SIM card.
How to avoid being spied on
There are some signs that can tell you if they are spying on your WhatsApp account, like your phone battery drains faster than normal. If your mobile emits the sound alerts of the notifications and you do not receive any message, it is also a bad symptom.
Activate two-step verification in WhatsApp.
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On the other hand, if the phone screen gets too hot Even when you’re not using it, it can also be a sign that you’re being eavesdropped. There are some recommendations to prevent other people from spying on your account, such as not leaving the phone on anywhere, activate two-step verification or block conversations with a fingerprint or PIN code.
In the same way, it is important not to share the security password with anyone, check the applications that you have installed on your mobile and always log out of the WhatsApp Web version, and more if you share a computer. As a last option, you can always format your smartphone.
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