Lost Cell Phone? Immediately Do This Way To Secure WhatsApp Account

How to secure a WhatsApp account (Tech Radar)

JAKARTA - No one can predict bad luck or apes. In fact, we can even get lost on smartphones –even if they're often grasped and used. Therefore, you should know how to secure your WhatsApp account.

It is no secret that almost all communication activities are now done through WhatsApp. Whether you're exchanging information with friends, to updating the latest information through certain WhatsApp groups –such as wa business groups, trades, or other types.

Yes, now, almost various human activities can be done through this chat application. And thanks to the pandemic, we increasingly need WhatsApp to meet a variety of needs. From work, study, to just exchanging news.

No doubt, we ended up storing a lot of important and personal data on WhatsApp accounts. The kind of data that could harm users if accessed by hackers. So, when hp is lost, it is natural if we worry about data problems.

How to Secure WhatsApp Account on Lost Phone

The issue of personal data is a crucial issue. We can't underestimate it and look it in the eye. Therefore, when your phone is lost, immediately run one of the ways to secure your WhatsApp account below.

That way, you can minimize the possibility of personal data being disseminated and used for harmful purposes. Here's a step by step summarized VOI team from various sources.

Submit a Request to Block a SIM Card

The first step you can do is block the SIM card. If you have, apply for a new SIM card using the number you use at the nearest provider outlet. Then, you can immediately activate your WA account on your set up phone.

Why do you need to do this first? Under WhatsApp policy, each account can only be active on one device. Therefore, by activating your WA account on another HP, automatically the WA account on the lost HP will also exit.

So, the personal data on your WhatsApp account will be more secure, right?

Submit An Account Blocking Request to WhatsApp

Perhaps, when you lose your phone, you're in the outback. Or you're busy that can not be left -- so it makes you can not go to the nearest provider outlets.

If that's what you're going through, stay calm. You can send an email to [email protected]. Fill in the subject in the email with "Lost/Stolen: Please deactivate my account".

To supplement your data, include the phone number you're using, but using an international format. The WA account number on the email body.

Even if you request deletion, the account you're using isn't completely deleted. Other users can still see profile pictures from your WA account. They can still send messages, but with a status delayed for 30 days.

For these messages to arrive in your account, you'll need to reactivate them. Please note, run one of the ways of securing the WhatsApp account above once the PHONE is lost. That way, personal data contained on hp can also be stored and not disseminated.