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Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by Surebuttons: 11:40am On May 12, 2020
It is worth knowing that almost every android user has whatsapp on his/her smartphone, but not everyone knows what whatsapp is.

This thread will run over 14 features that you need to know.

The features include but not limited to
1. Whatsapp Password (How to Password Your Whatsapp)
2. Whatsapp two way authentication (No one will ever hack your whatsapp if you know this)
3. Block and unblock whatsapp number
4. How to avoid being added in a group automatically
5. How to avoid being monitored on whatsapp by your friends
6. Limit who sees your whatsapp status
7. Download/save whatsapp status
8. How to make money from whatsapp and lots more.

More topics are reveaed on https://fastfingers.com.ng/apps/people/production/gadgets.php?q=view&tgt=Vmc1UVVzR1Facmg%3D&t=Whatsapp+Thread+-+Don%27t+Try+This+On+Your+Girlfriend%27s+Phone&d=MQ%3D%3D&img=ZmZfYjFkMWQxMTZmYTczNTA2ZWRjMDNiYTljZjIyNmYzNTUuanBlZw%3D%3D&type=applications.

Your comments will help us discuss further. Do make comment on whatever you want here

Day 1- Whatsapp Password (How to Password Your Whatsapp)


We all know that whatsapp has no password. However, we have figured out ways you can password your whatsapp and protect your whatsapp from unauthorized access.

It is simple and easy. you just need to launch your phone master and select device lock. then set your password or fingerprint and you will automatically save your privacy from invasion.

Hope this article has helped you? Share to make the world a better place.

Day 2 - Whatsapp 2-Step Verification--stop hackers from accessing your whatsapp line.

Previously on day 1, we discussed how to Password Your Whatsapp. Today, we shall be discussing Whatsapp 2-Step Verification.

Your Whatsapp number is at risk of being hacked if you don't adopt whatsapp 2-step verification system and you know the risk associated with a hacker hacking your whatsapp. Among the risks are; the hacker would will now possess your whatsapp number, your whatsapp number could be used to commit crime, post nude pictures, fake news, promote or advertise illegal drugs, illegal businesses, and lots more. There are many risks involved. You simply have to activate whatsapp 2-step verification system to stay safe.

It is simple and easy to do.
1. Launch your whatsapp application
2. Click on the three vertical dots to the top right of your phone screen
3. Select settings
4. Select account
5. Select privacy
6. Select Two-Step Verification
7. Click enable and add your email address.
8. Choose PIN

Now you're good to go.

You are free to disable this feature anytime any where.

However, in my opinion I will advice that you should never disable it but be careful with your PIN.

https://fastfingers.com.ng/apps/people/production/gadgets.php?q=view&tgt=NkRXUnN2NDhDeWU%3D&t=Whatsapp+101+Day+2+-+Whatsapp+2-Step+Verification&d=MQ%3D%3D&img=ZmZfZGNmZjU2Y2RmYjQ1YjIzMThlYWY2NzJhM2UxNzU3ODQucG5n&type=applications

What would you like us to discuss next?

Do share with others.
This thread is much more discussed on https://fastfingers.com.ng. You can also get free airtime by signing up the website too.

Day 3 - Block and unblock any whatsapp number
Have being thinking whether to state the procedures to doing this as it has both positive and negative effects. However, I am waiting on your to either continue or start with day 4.

Blocking a user means you will not see the user's chat but it doesn't mean the user will not be able to message you.

Many people hardly understand the above sentence. What about you?

Day 4 - No one will add you automatically again on whatsapp group

It is annoying the rate at which people add friends on whatsapp groups without seeking permission. Well no much stories as regards the implications of this act. You know it too well.

In this article, we are only interested in teaching you how to avoid being added automatically on whatsapp groups.

If you are willing to learn say 'Hi'.

However, if you are in quick need of the solution, consider reading it on.

https://fastfingers.com.ng/apps/people/production/gadgets.php?q=view&tgt=NkRXUnN2NDhDeWU%3D&t=Whatsapp+101+Day+2+-+Whatsapp+2-Step+Verification&d=MQ%3D%3D&img=ZmZfZGNmZjU2Y2RmYjQ1YjIzMThlYWY2NzJhM2UxNzU3ODQucG5n&type=applications

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Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by Fatherly: 4:31pm On May 12, 2020
Thank you so much for this information
Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by Nehyooh(m): 6:38pm On May 12, 2020
Thanks man !
Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by olamidedivotee: 8:39pm On May 12, 2020
Thanks for this information
Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by inforesource: 10:20pm On May 12, 2020
This is post mods should always rush to put up on fp. No, they won't. Instead it is bumbum n front.
Well done my brother.
Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by MrBONE2(m): 7:34am On May 13, 2020
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Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by seunfly: 8:51am On May 13, 2020
Good.
Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by Leezah(f): 10:32am On May 13, 2020
You may know that Google is tracking you, but most people don't realize the extent of it. Luckily, there are simple steps you can take to dramatically reduce Google's tracking.

But first, what exactly are they tracking? Unlike searching on DuckDuckGo, when you search on Google, they keep your search history forever. That means they know every search you’ve ever done on Google. That alone is pretty scary, but it’s just the shallow end of the very deep pool of data that they try to collect on people.

What most people don’t realize is that even if you don’t use any Google products directly, they’re still trying to discover as much as they can about you. Google trackers have been found on 75% of the top million websites. This means they're also trying to track most everywhere you go on the internet, trying to slurp up your browsing history!

Most people also don’t know that Google runs most of the ads you see across the internet and in apps – you know those ones that follow you around everywhere? Yup, that’s Google, too. They aren’t really a search company anymore – they’re a tracking company. They are tracking as much as they can for these annoying and intrusive ads, including recording every time you see them, where you saw them, if you clicked on them, etc.

But even that’s not all…

If You Use Google Products

If you do use Google products, they track you even more. In addition to tracking everything you’ve ever searched for on Google (e.g. “weird rash”), Google also tracks every video you’ve ever watched on YouTube. Many people actually don’t know that Google owns YouTube; now you know.

And if you use Android (yeah, Google owns that too), then Google is also usually tracking:

Every place you’ve been via Google Location Services.
How often you use your apps, when you use them, where you use them, and who you use them to interact with. (This is just excessive by any measure.)
All of your text messages, which unlike on iOS, are not encrypted by default.
Your photos (even in some cases the ones you’ve deleted).
If you use Gmail, they of course also have all your emails and contacts. If you use Google Calendar, they know schedule. There’s a pattern here: For all Google products (Hangouts, Music, Drive, etc.), you can expect the same level of tracking; that is, pretty much anything they can track, they will.

Oh, and if you use Google Home, they also store a live recording of every command you (or anyone else) has ever said to your device! Yes, you heard that right (err… they heard it) – you can check out all the recordings on your Google activity page.

Essentially, if you don't tell them not to, they’ll track pretty close to, well, everything you do on the internet. In fact, even if you tell them to stop tracking you, Google has been known to not really listen, for example with location history.

You Become the Product

Why does Google want all of your information anyway? Simple: as stated, Google isn’t a search company anymore, they’re a tracking company. All of these data points allow Google to build a pretty robust profile about you. In some ways, by keeping such close tabs on everything you do, they may know you better than you know yourself!

The result of all that tracking is that Google uses your personal profile to sell ads, not only on their search engine, but also on over three million other websites and apps. Every time you visit one of these sites or apps, Google is following you around with hyper-targeted ads, trying to influence your behavior.

It’s exploitative. By allowing Google to collect all this info, you are allowing hundreds of thousands of advertisers to bid on serving you ads based on your sensitive personal data. Everyone involved is profiting from your information, except you. You are the product.

It doesn’t have to be this way. It is entirely possible for a web-based business to be profitable without making you the product – since 2014, DuckDuckGo has been profitable without storing or sharing any personal information on people at all. You can read more about our business model here.

The Myth of “Nothing to Hide”

Some may argue that they have “nothing to hide,” so they are not concerned with the amount of information Google has collected and stored on them, but that argument is fundamentally flawed for many reasons.

Everyone has information they want to keep private: Do you close the door when you go to the bathroom, or cover your windows when it gets dark? Privacy is about control over our personal information. We don’t want it in the hands of everyone, and certainly don’t want people profiting on it without our consent or participation.

In addition, privacy is essential to democratic institutions like voting and everyday situations such as getting medical care and performing financial transactions. Without it, there can be significant harms.

On an individual level, lack of privacy leads to putting people into a filter bubble, getting manipulated by ads, discrimination, fraud, and identity theft. On a societal level, it can lead to deepened polarization and societal manipulation as we’ve unfortunately been seeing multiply in recent years.

You Can Live Google Free

Basically, Google tries to track too much. It’s creepy and simply just more information than one company should have on anyone.

Thankfully, there are many good ways to reduce your Google footprint, even close to zero! If you are ready to live without Google, we have recommendations for services to replace their suite of products, as well as instructions for clearing your Google search history. It might feel like you are trapped in the Google-verse, but it is possible to break free.

For starters, just switching the search engine for all your searches goes a long way. After all, you share your most intimate questions with your search engine; at the very least, shouldn’t those be kept private? If you switch to the

DuckDuckGo app and extension you will not only make your searches anonymous, but also block Google’s most widespread and invasive trackers as you navigate the web.

If you’re unfamiliar with DuckDuckGo, we're the leading provider of privacy protection tools to help you seamlessly take back control of your personal information online. We’ve been providing a private alternative to Google Search at https://duckduckgo.com for over a decade, and also offer a mobile private browser for iOS and Android (DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser) as well as browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari (DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials) to protect your desktop browsing.

We’re also trying to educate users through our blog, social media, and newsletters, so more people can get the privacy protection they deserve.
Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by iamoyindamola(m): 11:55am On May 13, 2020
Leezah:
You may know that Google is tracking you, but most people don't realize the extent of it. Luckily, there are simple steps you can take to dramatically reduce Google's tracking.

But first, what exactly are they tracking? Unlike searching on DuckDuckGo, when you search on Google, they keep your search history forever. That means they know every search you’ve ever done on Google. That alone is pretty scary, but it’s just the shallow end of the very deep pool of data that they try to collect on people.

What most people don’t realize is that even if you don’t use any Google products directly, they’re still trying to discover as much as they can about you. Google trackers have been found on 75% of the top million websites. This means they're also trying to track most everywhere you go on the internet, trying to slurp up your browsing history!

Most people also don’t know that Google runs most of the ads you see across the internet and in apps – you know those ones that follow you around everywhere? Yup, that’s Google, too. They aren’t really a search company anymore – they’re a tracking company. They are tracking as much as they can for these annoying and intrusive ads, including recording every time you see them, where you saw them, if you clicked on them, etc.

But even that’s not all…

If You Use Google Products

If you do use Google products, they track you even more. In addition to tracking everything you’ve ever searched for on Google (e.g. “weird rash”), Google also tracks every video you’ve ever watched on YouTube. Many people actually don’t know that Google owns YouTube; now you know.

And if you use Android (yeah, Google owns that too), then Google is also usually tracking:

Every place you’ve been via Google Location Services.
How often you use your apps, when you use them, where you use them, and who you use them to interact with. (This is just excessive by any measure.)
All of your text messages, which unlike on iOS, are not encrypted by default.
Your photos (even in some cases the ones you’ve deleted).
If you use Gmail, they of course also have all your emails and contacts. If you use Google Calendar, they know schedule. There’s a pattern here: For all Google products (Hangouts, Music, Drive, etc.), you can expect the same level of tracking; that is, pretty much anything they can track, they will.

Oh, and if you use Google Home, they also store a live recording of every command you (or anyone else) has ever said to your device! Yes, you heard that right (err… they heard it) – you can check out all the recordings on your Google activity page.

Essentially, if you don't tell them not to, they’ll track pretty close to, well, everything you do on the internet. In fact, even if you tell them to stop tracking you, Google has been known to not really listen, for example with location history.

You Become the Product

Why does Google want all of your information anyway? Simple: as stated, Google isn’t a search company anymore, they’re a tracking company. All of these data points allow Google to build a pretty robust profile about you. In some ways, by keeping such close tabs on everything you do, they may know you better than you know yourself!

The result of all that tracking is that Google uses your personal profile to sell ads, not only on their search engine, but also on over three million other websites and apps. Every time you visit one of these sites or apps, Google is following you around with hyper-targeted ads, trying to influence your behavior.

It’s exploitative. By allowing Google to collect all this info, you are allowing hundreds of thousands of advertisers to bid on serving you ads based on your sensitive personal data. Everyone involved is profiting from your information, except you. You are the product.

It doesn’t have to be this way. It is entirely possible for a web-based business to be profitable without making you the product – since 2014, DuckDuckGo has been profitable without storing or sharing any personal information on people at all. You can read more about our business model here.

The Myth of “Nothing to Hide”

Some may argue that they have “nothing to hide,” so they are not concerned with the amount of information Google has collected and stored on them, but that argument is fundamentally flawed for many reasons.

Everyone has information they want to keep private: Do you close the door when you go to the bathroom, or cover your windows when it gets dark? Privacy is about control over our personal information. We don’t want it in the hands of everyone, and certainly don’t want people profiting on it without our consent or participation.

In addition, privacy is essential to democratic institutions like voting and everyday situations such as getting medical care and performing financial transactions. Without it, there can be significant harms.

On an individual level, lack of privacy leads to putting people into a filter bubble, getting manipulated by ads, discrimination, fraud, and identity theft. On a societal level, it can lead to deepened polarization and societal manipulation as we’ve unfortunately been seeing multiply in recent years.

You Can Live Google Free

Basically, Google tries to track too much. It’s creepy and simply just more information than one company should have on anyone.

Thankfully, there are many good ways to reduce your Google footprint, even close to zero! If you are ready to live without Google, we have recommendations for services to replace their suite of products, as well as instructions for clearing your Google search history. It might feel like you are trapped in the Google-verse, but it is possible to break free.

For starters, just switching the search engine for all your searches goes a long way. After all, you share your most intimate questions with your search engine; at the very least, shouldn’t those be kept private? If you switch to the

DuckDuckGo app and extension you will not only make your searches anonymous, but also block Google’s most widespread and invasive trackers as you navigate the web.

If you’re unfamiliar with DuckDuckGo, we're the leading provider of privacy protection tools to help you seamlessly take back control of your personal information online. We’ve been providing a private alternative to Google Search at https://duckduckgo.com for over a decade, and also offer a mobile private browser for iOS and Android (DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser) as well as browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari (DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials) to protect your desktop browsing.

We’re also trying to educate users through our blog, social media, and newsletters, so more people can get the privacy protection they deserve.
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Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by skywalker240(m): 3:16pm On May 13, 2020
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Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by StubbornGENIUS: 3:27pm On May 13, 2020
I Learnt Somethings Today. OP Thanks A Lot
Re: Stop Using Whatsapp If You Don't Know This - Android Phones. by Nobody: 1:05pm On May 16, 2020
Leezah:
You may know that Google is tracking you, but most people don't realize the extent of it. Luckily, there are simple steps you can take to dramatically reduce Google's tracking.

But first, what exactly are they tracking? Unlike searching on DuckDuckGo, when you search on Google, they keep your search history forever. That means they know every search you’ve ever done on Google. That alone is pretty scary, but it’s just the shallow end of the very deep pool of data that they try to collect on people.

What most people don’t realize is that even if you don’t use any Google products directly, they’re still trying to discover as much as they can about you. Google trackers have been found on 75% of the top million websites. This means they're also trying to track most everywhere you go on the internet, trying to slurp up your browsing history!

Most people also don’t know that Google runs most of the ads you see across the internet and in apps – you know those ones that follow you around everywhere? Yup, that’s Google, too. They aren’t really a search company anymore – they’re a tracking company. They are tracking as much as they can for these annoying and intrusive ads, including recording every time you see them, where you saw them, if you clicked on them, etc.

But even that’s not all…

If You Use Google Products

If you do use Google products, they track you even more. In addition to tracking everything you’ve ever searched for on Google (e.g. “weird rash”), Google also tracks every video you’ve ever watched on YouTube. Many people actually don’t know that Google owns YouTube; now you know.

And if you use Android (yeah, Google owns that too), then Google is also usually tracking:

Every place you’ve been via Google Location Services.
How often you use your apps, when you use them, where you use them, and who you use them to interact with. (This is just excessive by any measure.)
All of your text messages, which unlike on iOS, are not encrypted by default.
Your photos (even in some cases the ones you’ve deleted).
If you use Gmail, they of course also have all your emails and contacts. If you use Google Calendar, they know schedule. There’s a pattern here: For all Google products (Hangouts, Music, Drive, etc.), you can expect the same level of tracking; that is, pretty much anything they can track, they will.

Oh, and if you use Google Home, they also store a live recording of every command you (or anyone else) has ever said to your device! Yes, you heard that right (err… they heard it) – you can check out all the recordings on your Google activity page.

Essentially, if you don't tell them not to, they’ll track pretty close to, well, everything you do on the internet. In fact, even if you tell them to stop tracking you, Google has been known to not really listen, for example with location history.

You Become the Product

Why does Google want all of your information anyway? Simple: as stated, Google isn’t a search company anymore, they’re a tracking company. All of these data points allow Google to build a pretty robust profile about you. In some ways, by keeping such close tabs on everything you do, they may know you better than you know yourself!

The result of all that tracking is that Google uses your personal profile to sell ads, not only on their search engine, but also on over three million other websites and apps. Every time you visit one of these sites or apps, Google is following you around with hyper-targeted ads, trying to influence your behavior.

It’s exploitative. By allowing Google to collect all this info, you are allowing hundreds of thousands of advertisers to bid on serving you ads based on your sensitive personal data. Everyone involved is profiting from your information, except you. You are the product.

It doesn’t have to be this way. It is entirely possible for a web-based business to be profitable without making you the product – since 2014, DuckDuckGo has been profitable without storing or sharing any personal information on people at all. You can read more about our business model here.

The Myth of “Nothing to Hide”

Some may argue that they have “nothing to hide,” so they are not concerned with the amount of information Google has collected and stored on them, but that argument is fundamentally flawed for many reasons.
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I'm actually glad this is coming from a lady.... Good one

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