Your email address will safeguard your WhatsApp account - But don't forget this

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[br] [br][br]Headlines about data breaches and worse are hitting headlines on daily basis. Fortunately, there are some additional solutions available to worried users and this is the two-factor authentication mode that has been recommended by various experts in order to secure social media account. If you are a WhatsApp user, then you should know that this Facebook-owned app also provides the facility to secure your account. By opting for 2 factor authentication, you choose another medium for securing your password apart from just logging in. This eliminates dependency on just your password. Even if your password is tempered by a source, individual or entity, still they will not be able to access your account until the two-factor authentication process is completed.So, if someone tries to access your WhatsApp account, then you will know it immediately. Here's how to do it![br][br]To enable two-step verification, open WhatsApp ] Settings ] Account ] Two-step verification ] Enable.[br][br]Once you enable this feature, a user can also optionally enter their email address. What happens is that, this email address will allow WhatsApp to send you a link via email to disable two-step verification in case you ever forget your six-digit PIN, and also to help safeguard your account.[br][br]WhatsApp recommends users to provide an accurate email address so that you're not locked out of your account if you forget your PIN.[br][br]Notably, if you have received an email for disabling the two-step verification method, despite you not opting the option. Then do not click on the link. According WhatsApp, someone would be attempting to verify your phone number.[br][br]However, if users have enabled two-step verification, the number will not be permitted to re verify on WhatsApp within 7 days of last using WhatsApp without PIN. For instance, if you forget your own PIN but didn't provide an email address to disable the two-mode verification, then you will not be be permitted to re-verify on WhatsApp.[br][br]After these 7 days, your number will be permitted to re-verify on WhatsApp without your PIN, but you'll lose all pending messages upon re-verifying - they will be deleted.[br][br]If your number is re-verified on WhatsApp after 30 days of last using WhatsApp, and without your PIN, your account will be deleted and a new one will be created upon successfully re-verifying.[br][br]Finally, WhatsApp will periodically ask you to enter your PIN. There is no option to disable this without disabling the two-step verification feature.[br][br]Publisher: Z Business

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