WhatsApp has found its way to every other available Android and iOS smartphone over the course of the last few years. The end-to-end encryption platform remains the primary factor for its popularity amongst the audience. WhatsApp is known for consistently upgrading the security aspects of its services. It recently got encryption services activated for cloud servers to keep users’ chats and other private data secure from hacks.
While WhatsApp itself is secure for private and professional communication. It needs to be protected via app locks on the mobile application (Android and iOS) to keep unauthorized access at bay. You can either use your smartphone’s in-house app lock or a third-party app to lock WhatsApp.
You can set up PIN and password protection to WhatsApp using such apps and also fingerprint scanner if your handset supports it. Despite the said security layers, there are chances hackers or someone who knows all your passwords and locks might gain access to your WhatsApp chats.
So, what can you do in such cases? Well, an extra layer of security can be added that will make it fool-proof in terms of security. For the unaware, WhatsApp itself has such a security aspect in a place called two-way-authentication. You can set up two-step verification for WhatsApp using the mobile app itself.
Both Android and iOS users can avail these features. So, what are the steps to set up two-way authentication on Android and iOS smartphones? The steps are listed down below:
How To Activate Two-Way Authentication On Android, iOS Smartphones?
Step 1: Open your app drawer and launch WhatsApp.
Step 2: Tap on the three dots option which you can locate on the upper right (Android devices) and Settings tab (for iPhones).
Step 3: Now, go to the Accounts option.
Step 4: Click on the two-step verification option after following the above two steps.
Step 5: You will be shown the procedure of how the two-step verification on WhatsApp works. Once you go through it, you’ll get another option to enable it. Click on ‘Enable’ for the same.
Step 6: You’ll now get an option to add a six-digit security code. Make sure you remember this code later to avoid the re-setup process.
Step 7: Add the account recovery email address. This should be the email address that will be used to reset the password if in case you lost or want to update a new one.
Step 8: Once all the aforementioned steps are complete you are all set.
