JAKARTA – No one can predict bad luck or apes. In fact, we can even get lost in smartphones, even if they are often grabbed and used. Therefore, you must know how to protect your WhatsApp account.
It is no secret that almost all communication activities are now done through WhatsApp. Whether you are exchanging information with friends, to update the latest information through certain WhatsApp groups, such as business groups, operations or other types.
Yes, now almost various human activities can be done through this chat app. And thanks to the pandemic, we increasingly need WhatsApp to meet a variety of needs. From work, study, to the exchange of news.
Without a doubt, we end up storing a large amount of important and personal data in WhatsApp accounts. The type of data that could harm users if accessed by hackers. Therefore, when HP is lost, it is only natural if we worry about data problems.
How to protect WhatsApp account on lost phone
The question of personal data is a crucial issue. We cannot underestimate him and look him in the eye. So when your phone is lost, immediately run one of the ways to protect your WhatsApp account below.
In this way, you can minimize the possibility of personal data being disseminated and used for harmful purposes. Here is a team voi summed up step by step from various sources.
Send a request to block a SIM card
The first step you can do is lock the SIM card. If you have, order a new SIM card using the number you use at the nearest provider outlet. You can then immediately activate your wa account in your phone settings.
Why do you need to do this first? In the WhatsApp policy, each account can only be active on one device. Therefore, when activating your wa account on another HP, automatically the WA account on the lost HP will be closed as well.
Therefore, the personal data in your WhatsApp account will be more secure, right?
Send an account lockout request to WhatsApp
Maybe when you lose your phone, you are in the outback. Or you are busy that you cannot leave, so you cannot go to the nearest vendor outlets.
If that’s what you’re going through, stay calm. You can send an email to [email protected] Fill in the subject in the email with “Lost / Stolen: Please deactivate my account”.
To complement your data, include the phone number you are using, but using an international format. The wa account number in the body of the email.
Even if you request deletion, the account you use is not completely deleted. Other users can still view profile pictures from your wa account. They can still send messages, but with a status delayed for 30 days.
For these messages to reach your account, you must reactivate them. Please note, run one of the ways to secure the above WhatsApp account once the PHONE is lost. In this way, personal data contained in HP can also be stored and not disclosed.
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