Thursday, January 22, 2015

WhatsApp now accessible on browser

In the latest update for the most popular messaging application WhatsApp , company has introduced the cool feature for accessing your whatapp chats and messages on your browser.This particular blog details about how to enable access to your whatsapp account on desktop browser and extra things which you need to take care of while using this feature in order to prevent yourself from Hacked.  With cool new features and usability there always comes a security risk , therefore one must always be aware and careful about the security aspects as detailed below.

Enabling access to Whatsapp web

1. Update your whatsapp application to latest build.
2. Open google chrome browser and goto following URL: https://web.whatsapp.com/
3. Open your whatsapp on mobile device.
4. Tap on three dots (options feature)
5. Once using latest version of whatsapp , you can see WhatsApp Web option
6. Tap on it , you will be asked to scan a QR code.
7. Goto to chrome browser tab just opened , scan the QR code from your device.
8 . you are all set to GO and USE the cool new feature for WhatsApp now on your browser.

Now you can use fully functional whatsapp app on your browser just like you use it on your device.

Important Things to remember:

 1. You must have internet connectivity on your phone to access and use this feature even when you are logged into your browser whatsapp.

2. Since this entire process requires just scanning the QR code from user's device, this increases the risk of your account been enabled by someone else on his browser with a simple borrowing your phone for  less than 1 minute.  Therefore its more important to place a security lock on your application., so that it cannot be accessed by anyone whom you lend your device even for a minute.

3. In case someone has successfully tried to access your account on his browser, or you sense some malicious activity being performed from your device  no need to worry whatsapp has provided an option to logout from any of the computers.

So Goto to same option Whatsapp Web int the device and tap on it. you can see mobile browser from which your account is logged in and time. You have the option to  there to logout from all the browsers.

So Happy whatsapping...!!!!!!