Never hand your iPhone to someone before checking your WhatsApp settings first

You can't just rely on your lock screen to protect your privacy. EPA Do you regularly hand your phone to friends or family? Make sure yo...

You can't just rely on your lock screen to protect your privacy.EPA

Do you regularly hand your phone to friends or family? Make sure you’re not putting your privacy at risk.

There’s a key WhatsApp feature that you need to turn on to avoid any snooping.

We’ve all passed our handsets over to someone else.

Maybe you want to share a photo, a clip, or demonstrate an app.

Or maybe someone regularly uses your phone.

In any case, letting someone use your iPhone or Android means you risk giving them access to your WhatsApp.

Thankfully, there’s a way to put a secondary lock on WhatsApp.

This means someone can use your phone with your permission – but without letting them into your WhatsApp messages.

Enabling Touch ID or Face ID on your Whatsapp adds an additional security measure.

WhatsApp

On iPhone, you have two options: Touch ID or Face ID.

Which one you use depends on the iPhone model you have – but it means either unlocking via a scan of your fingerprint or face.

To activate it, go to WhatsApp, open Settings, then tap Account.

Next go to Privacy and then Screen Lock.

After that, you’ll want to turn on either Require Touch ID or Require  Face ID.