WhatsApp has become a temptation for intruders, so many of them try to access our private conversations without proper authorization or illegally. Our privacy is also at risk when our mobile is lost or stolen, since anyone can easily access this application.
To address these issues and increase our security layer, WhatsApp implemented a tool that is two-step verificationwhich consists of registering with two different parameters.
We will talk about this tool and all the benefits it brings, as well as explain the steps we must follow when we forget the authorization PIN.
How does double factor verification work on your Whatsapp account?
This platform is one of the most used applications in the world, the messages that users send within the app are end-to-end encrypted, which makes this tool considered quite secure.
The security problem of this app is not related to the intersection of the messages, because they are encrypted as we said, but that they can access our account, and thus be able to control or verify each of our private messages.
To fix this, WhatsApp created two-factor verification. Which consists of the application sending us a six-digit code chosen by the program via SMS.
Once we receive the SMS we copy that numberaccording to the phone number that we told the app and the app can just be opened.
With the double factor in addition to the previous step tWe have to add a 6-digit PIN to be able to access our account every 7 daysas well as linking that PIN with an email address (this is optional, but it is recommended to do it just in case we forget about that PIN).
Although this PIN does not work every time we enter, but it regularly asks us to access the app through it. This code works so that other people cannot access our account from other mobiles or computers if they do not enter our password.
Why should you activate double confirmation on your WhatsApp? Benefits
It is true that it is not mandatory to activate the double confirmation of WhatsApp, but it brings benefits that will increase our security.
When we register with two parameters, the security layer increases, since with the PIN that the application sends us, anyone can access our account with the phone in their hands.
Here’s what those benefits are:
- If our mobile phone is lost or stolen, when we have this tool activated, no one will be able to access our WhatsApp conversations since they will not know the second registration parameter.
- When we choose the PIN, it will be much easier for us to remember it than if it were imposed by third parties with strange passwords.
- If we forget the 6-digit code, we can associate it with an email to which WhatsApp will send us the corresponding number.
- Being an optional measure and not imposed by the application, the freedom of the users remains intact since it does not force those who have a certain aversion to memorize numbers.
Steps to activate two-step verification on your WhatsApp Messenger
The way we have to follow to enable WhatsApp’s two-step confirmation option is very simple.
Next, we detail it:
- We open the application on our mobile
- We go to the upper right part of the screen in “Menu”
- We select the last option of the 5 that are in that menu, “Settings”
- We choose under our profile photo “Bill”which is represented by a key
- We look for the third option to click, which is “Two-Step Verification”
- We select activate
We must bear in mind that we can optionally choose our email so that they send us the PIN number if we have forgotten it.
Remember that the email address has to be valid or we have access to it, because if we do not have access or it is not valid WhatsApp will send the PIN to that email as it does not verify it.
Although it is true that it is a bit embarrassing to enter the PIN every 7 days, it is advisable to do it according to all the benefits that we have mentioned above.
In the event that we need to deactivate the two-step verification option, we will have to follow the same instructions as the previous step, but we choose “Deactivate”.
In the same way it happens when we want to change the PIN or the email address, for which we will choose “Change PIN” either “Change email address” respectively.
How can I verify my phone number on Whatsapp if I forget the security PIN?
If we forget our PIN to verify in two steps and the application has not been blocked, we can change it in the following way:
- We enter “Menu”
- we select “Settings”
- We click on “Bill”
- Next we choose “Two-Step Verification”
- we seek “Change PIN”
- We wrote the same thing twice
- Next, we choose “To follow”
As we have been mentioning, it is advisable to associate the PIN with an email account which has to be valid and we have access to it. This is necessary for when 7 days have passed and the application asks us for the PIN that we have forgotten.
To do this we will follow these steps:
- A box will appear indicating “Enter your two-step verification pin”
- We select the link “Forgot your pin?”
- Immediately a message will appear that the verification was sent to the email that we have related to the PIN.
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