2 Steps to 'Take' a WhatsApp (WA) Account When Your Phone Is Missing or Stolen to Be Not Abused
Nobody expects unfortunate events like lost or stolen cellphones, but it is possible to happen without us intentionally.
In fact, cellphones certainly store a variety of important things, ranging from photos, videos, work files and contact numbers that can be misused by irresponsible people.
The WhatsApp (WA) messaging application is also very dangerous if it is misused by others, let alone on behalf of our identity.
It could be used to spread hoax news, or the thief uses it to commit fraud.
Reported by Sripoku from the WhatsApp FAQ page, here are 2 steps that must be done when your phone is lost or stolen.
- Using a new SIM card with the same phone number, to reactivate a WhatsApp account on a new phone.
WhatsApp can only be activated with one phone number on one device at the same time.
Please come to your SIM card operator's booth, then ask to make a new SIM card with the same number, and block the old SIM card.
- Send WhatsApp an email with the sentence:
"Lost / Stolen: Please deactivate my account" on the email body and include your telephone number in complete international format.
Send to: [email protected]
Subject: Lost / Stolen: Please deactivate my account + include your number
Contents: Lost / Stolen: Please deactivate my account + include your number
Why should you immediately block the SIM card and re-verify?
- The WhatsApp application can still be used even if the SIM card is blocked and the telephone service is disabled.
If you do not send an e-mail with an application to deactivate the account, your account was still active.
WhatsApp can't help finding the location of your phone.
Disabling a WhatsApp account remotely from another device is also not possible, so you have to block the number and send a request to deactivate the account.
The WhatsApp application has indeed provided a lot of convenience through the features provided.
It's just that there are still few people who know the functionality of the WhatsApp application's default features, so they often ignore it.
Reported by Grid.ID (Surya.co.id group) from Nextren page, to find out who your spouse often relates via WhatsApp you just need to do some easy ways below.
Open the WhatsApp Application;
Click on the colon at the top right corner;
Select the 'Settings' or 'Settings' menu at the bottom;
Click the Chat option located number two from above;
Select 'Chat History' or 'Chat History' at the bottom
Then select 'export chat' or 'export chat' at the very top;
Now that way you can see who your partner is often in touch through WhatsApp.
In addition, you can also see the contact that your partner last contacted.
However, this method can only be done through an Android phone, and can not be done via the web.
Meanwhile, being a chat application that is widely used by smartphone users, Whatsapp is again doing innovation.
Currently, the Whatsapp application is not only used for sending messages, but also sending photos, videos and other files.
After a while ago, WhatsApp has released a video call group feature for four people, now WhatsApp is re-launching a new feature.
Reported by GRID.ID from Nextren page, WhatsApp will explain the feature called PIP or Picture in Picture.
With this new feature, WhatsApp users can watch videos from other platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube without leaving chat or chat on WhatsApp.
So later, you can be more comfortable when using the WhatsApp feature.
However, the latest WhatsApp feature is planned to be used by Android users only.
Through WABEta, the PiP program must still be submitted through the Google Play Beta Program.
It's just that for now you can't use the latest WhatsApp PiP feature.
Because the PiP feature on WhatsApp is also uncertain when it can be enjoyed.
On the other hand WhatsApp for iOS-based version of the device also began to implement the limiting feature for forwarding messages, forward, in order to handle the hoax distribution on the message sharing platform.
Just like the mechanism that has been running last month, users can only forward messages as many as five chats at a time, as reported by the Phone Arena page.
WhatsApp removes the quick button, quick button, to forward the message.
This feature was tested in India recently because the country continues to send messages in the form of text, photos and videos.
Last month, WhatsApp gave a sign that content was a message that was forwarded by giving a "forwarded" notification at the top of the message.
The labeling is expected to combat the spread of false news.
This feature may not stop the message forwarding function containing any information that cannot be accounted for.
However, through labeling the message marker feature can make users question information received and slightly reduce the speed of information dissemination.
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