Let’s tell you what they are and how to activate strict settings of WhatsApp, a new option that will allow you to protect the security and privacy of your mobile. This is a set of options with which to more dramatically change how the app interacts with you and how the app works.
Let’s start this article by explaining to you What are the options that are activated? when you enable these settings. Because you must remember that all options are activated or deactivated at the same time. And then, we will tell you step by step how you can activate these settings.
What are WhatsApp strict settings
Strict WhatsApp account settings are a set of options that are activated at the same time to protect the security and privacy of your account. With them, your account is sealed tight, preventing them from adding you to groups or calling you if they are unknown, and blocking some options in the settings.
This is the list of strict settings that are activated with this option. Remember that you cannot choose which ones to activate or deactivate, it runs everything at once.
- Multimedia content and attached documents: Sending media or attachments from unknown senders is blocked.
- Groups: Only those users you have in your contacts will be able to add you to groups.
- Silence calls from unknown numbers: No one you do not have in your contacts will be able to make voice calls to you, these will be blocked.
- Block messages from unknown accounts: Messages from strangers that exceed a certain volume will be blocked. Come on, if someone you don’t have in contacts starts writing to you a lot, they will automatically stop being able to do so.
- Turn off link previews: To prevent third-party pages from deducing your IP, previews of the links that are shared in the chats you are in are no longer generated.
- Security notifications: If any of your contacts change the security code for end-to-end encrypted chats on their phone, you’ll be notified. Come on, if he has changed his mobile phone or writes to you from a different one, you will know.
- Two-step verification: You will be required to set a 6-digit PIN when you go to log in with your phone number on WhatsApp.
- Personal information: Only your contacts will be able to see your profile photo, information section, your status, the time you last logged in or if you are online.
- Protect the IP address on calls: Calls from your device will be transmitted securely through WhatsApp servers. This will reduce call quality, but the caller will not be able to obtain your IP.
How to activate strict settings for your account
The first thing you have to do is enter the WhatsApp settings to see all the configuration options. in here, click on the section Privacy which you will see with a lock icon.
Within the settings of Privacynow you have to go all the way down and click on the option Advanced. This will open the advanced privacy options.
Once you are in the advanced privacy options, scroll down to the bottom again. Here, click on the option Strict account settings. By default the indicator will appear No which tells you that they are not activated.
This will take you to a screen where the main keys to these options are described. In it, simply press the button Following that appears at the bottom.
Next, if you have not done it before you will have to activate two-step verification. For this, you will have to enter a 6-digit PIN and confirm it. This PIN will be asked every time you try to log into your WhatsApp account from a new device using your phone number, to ensure that you do it and not someone else.
Now you will go to the screen where you will see all the options that will be activated with this mode. In it, go down to the bottom and press the button Activate to proceed.
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