How to prevent our messengers from being hacked? – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news

According to the Mehr news agency, the head of Fatha police detection and prevention center, Ali Mohammad Rajabi, said: Today, messengers are one of the tools that take up most of our time using cyberspace. If we do not pay attention to the security of these messengers, we will see consequences. One of these consequences is the risk of private data that can be misused in various ways.

He added: Due to the risk of taking data and personal information, there are many extortions by profiteers. This extortion may take the form of threats to publish private photos. It is noteworthy that the contacts of people who are hacked are also at risk. in such a way that in the form of They receive messages from the hacked person asking for financial assistance.

Rajabi stated: In general, four measures are necessary to secure messengers. The first step is to activate the messenger lock. In addition to defining a password for our mobile phone, we must also set a separate password for important applications. This can easily be done through the settings.

He also said: Two-step activation and verification is another necessary measure to secure the messenger. This can also be done through messenger settings, and an email is also taken from the user as the only way to recover the selected password. In addition to this issue, it is necessary to always check the active meetings in the messenger to make sure that no one else has access to our messenger besides ourselves.