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WhatsApp Tips: Five smart WhatsApp privacy hacks to keep your chats safe

WhatsApp has made day-to-day chats as easy as pie. WhatsApp has over 500 million active users in India and the instant messaging app has been coming with several new features to enrich the user experience and simplify many existing features. WhatsApp chats are already end-to-end encrypted, which means, no third person can see your individual or group chats. "Conversations in end-to-end encrypted chats are clearly labelled with a gold message; these messages and calls stay between users, and no one else can read or listen to its content, not even WhatsApp," reads the privacy page of the WhatsApp blog. However, if you are concerned about your chat's privacy, you can follow these five tips:

Limit your online visibility on WhatsApp

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Limit your online visibility on WhatsApp

Limit your online visibility: WhatsApp allows users to control who sees when they are online. This can be done by visiting the Privacy section of the Settings menu in the app. Users can select from contacts who can see or not see when they are online. So, if you want to use the app but want to appear offline to someone, you can categoriese those contacts by visiting the privacy settings.

WhatsApp View Once Messages

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WhatsApp View Once Messages

View Once Messages: You can use WhatsApp's view once features for photos/videos that you want the receiver to see only once. So, if you send a view once message to any contact, it will disappear once the receiver opens it. Once opened, the message disappears and cannot be seen again.

WhatsApp Two-step verification

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WhatsApp Two-step verification

Two-step verification: You can add extra layers of security to your chats by adding PIN numbers. If you set a pin for your chats, no one will be able to read your messages even if they open your phone lock. To set up a PIN for your chats, go to Settings> Account> Two-step verification> Enable and enter a six-digit PIN. Don't forget to add your email address so as to recover/reset the PIN if you forget.

WhatsApp Delete/Restore Messages

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WhatsApp Delete/Restore Messages

Delete/Restore Messages: Sent a message by mistake or to the wrong person or group? You can always delete it. However, if you have deleted a message by mistake, you will get the undo option for a few seconds to restore that particular message. The feature is available only if you tapped on 'Delete for Everyone'. If the feature is not available in your WhatsApp, you may get it with future updates of the app.

WhatsApp Disappearing messages

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WhatsApp Disappearing messages

Disappearing messages: These are messages that automatically disappear after a certain time as decided by you. WhatsApp allows you to set a lifeline for sensitive messages that you don't want to hang around. You can set three message disappearing times - after 24 hours, after seven days and after 90 days while sending the message.

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