Locking password of any application is one of the effective ways to increase the privacy level of the user trusting its information. The article will describe the techniques and means of installing protection against outsiders, applicable to the WhatsApp Messenger on Android-devices, iPhone and Windows PC.
How to set a password on whatsapp
Approaches to the procedure for installing a blocking password to open different (for Android, IOS and Windows) variants of the messenger application differ significantly, so the owners of the appropriate devices should be handled only to those instructions that are fulfilled in the software used by them.Android
WhatsApp users for Android when solving the task of ensuring the protection of the messenger, by installing a password on its opening, it is possible to go one of the truly many paths. Despite the fact that in the application-client itself for this OS, the blocking function is not provided, to establish protection for VATSAP will not be difficult to use third-party software. You need to select a suitable tool from a wide list available, for example, Google Play Market. The most effective of these products, as well as the solution of the question under consideration with their help, is described in a separate material on our website.
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In addition to other things, the owners of modern smartphones Xiaomi, Redmi, Huawei, Honor, Meizu, Asus and others that function running the relevant Android-shells MIUI, EMUI, Flymeos, Zen UI, etc. It is recommended to pay attention to the "Protection of Applications" system integrated into the system by their devices. The use of this toolkit in the general case is told in the article available at the following link.
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iOS.
With regard to WhatsApp for the iPhone, set the password protection is possible by activating the lock in the "settings" of the application, causing one of the iOS functions, as well as using the specialized third-party software.Method 1: Means of Messenger
Among the user-changing parameters, the VATSAP for IOS is present two options, activating which it becomes possible to almost completely eliminate the likelihood of access to unauthorized persons not only to the correspondence in the messenger, but also to the account in the information exchange system. Consider them in order.
Protection of the application
As a password that opens access to WhatsApp in iOS, client developers for this environment are offered to use the Touch ID or Face ID. Thus, before the possibility of installing a ban on the opening of the messenger appears, it is necessary to set the iPhone blocking as a whole.
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- We launch the VATSAP application for Ayos and open it "settings" by touching the edge icon on the right in the bottom panel on the screen.
- We go to the "Account" section, then open the list of confidentiality parameters. Next, go to the easiest of the list of options.
- Click to the name of the "Screen Lock" function. Now we translate the switch "Require Touch ID (Face ID)" to the "Included" position.
- Then the ability to establish a period of time, after which the messenger will be blocked. Select the value of this parameter by setting the mark opposite the suitable item. On this, the installation of protection on the application is completed, press "back" at the top of the screen on the left.
- Next, you can go to the operation of whatsapp on the iPhone in normal mode - now only the device owner can open the program.
Double-having check
To improve the level of security when working in VatsAP, you can additionally activate the option of the PIN query option for confirmation of the identifier (phone number) that serves as a login in the messenger.
- Open WhatsApp and go to "Settings" of the program. Next, in the "Account" options section, select "Double Check".
- Tabay "Include" and twice enter a combination of numbers, which, according to the operation, the operation will additionally protect our number in the messenger from the unauthorized use.
- The next step is not recommended to skip, especially those users who tend to forget their own passwords installed. Enter your email address to the appropriate field on the screen - through this box in case of loss of PIN code it will be possible to restore access to the WhatsApp identifier. After specifying the e-mail, click "Next" at the top of the screen on the right, confirm the address by re-input and then tapad "ready".
- Now, even if an extraneous person will receive access to the SIM card that defended its account in the User's Watzap, activate the phone number in the messenger without knowledge of the PIN code in the first will not work. In addition, the specified secret combination will be periodically required at the time of opening the messenger after a long non-use.
Method 2: Screen Time (iOS 12 and above)
If for any reason, the WATSAP lock using the Touch ID or FaSe ID does not fit, you can limit access to the messenger using the on-time-time software module functionality, which first appeared on the iPhone with iOS 12 output.Method 3: third-party software
In addition to the options proposed above, to solve the task from the header of the article, the iOS users can refer to the specialized software created by third-party developers. It should be noted that despite the abundance of offers in the Apple App Store, free of all of the effective tools with the resulting functional to achieve the result of us, there was failed to find there. Next, we will demonstrate how mediocrely efficient and at the same time paid applications with the password installation function on WhatsApp, and as an example, use Social Password Lock Manager from the developer Khadija Burhanpur..
Download program for installing a password on whatsapp for iPhone from Apple App Store
- Go along the above link or open the App Store and find the page of the Social Password Lock Manager application through the search.
- We purchase a program, tapping on the button with its value, and then confirming the requests from Apple Apple Store.
Windows
Unfortunately, nor in the WhatsApp client for a PC, nor in Windows OS, the function of protecting individual applications from unauthorized password access is not provided. In addition, third-party software ( Exe Password. (Exe Guarder.), Game Protector ), demonstrating its efficiency when blocking various software, in relation to VATSAP is powerless, or rather, as a result of its work, it causes the collapse of the messenger.Thus, persons operating whatsapp from a computer to which foreign access has access to, it remains to recommend only to configure the account in Windows and use it to block the password, which involves ensuring protection from unauthorized access of all installed software, including the messenger.
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Conclusion
As you can see, in almost any situation, access to the WhatsApp application is possible to protect the password, which will be absolutely not an excess point in the list of actions involving the provision of a high level of protection of the confidential data of the Messenger user.