Here is the Surest Way to Read Chats Secretly

Yeah, we haven't either. For those that have, you can turn off message preview on iOS so only the contact's name will appear, rather than their life story, or you can turn off notifications altogether. In Android, it's not possible through the WhatsApp app but you can stop private information showing up on your lock screen in Android itself. You might not want everyone to see your profile picture, especially if you're part of several groups where you don't know everyone in the group. Or perhaps you just fancy being a little mysterious for the day.

Either way, you can choose if everyone, no-one, or only your contacts see your picture.

We've rounded up some top tips for everyone's favourite instant messaging service.

Do you have a few extra special people you talk to all the time via WhatsApp? You can create a shortcut for specific conversations on Android, making it easier to access those chats you need all the time. Up to eight of your latest chats will appear within the recent chats widget when you swipe left to right from your main home screen or lock screen. You can then click on the chat you want to read and WhatsApp will open on that specific chat. Some messages are more important than others. Whether it's a date you need to remember, or a good restaurant you've been recommended.

It's possible to bookmark these messages and find them all easily in the Starred Messages section. You can send a broadcast message to a list of contacts with it appearing as though you've asked them individually. Alternatively, you can exit it altogether. Tap and hold on the chat group or individual of your choice and a tab will pop up.

Select the Add Conversation Shortcut option and the chat in question will appear as the person's profile photo on your mobile desktop. Unfortunately this only applies for Android users and not iPhone ones. To prevent yourself from ever getting duped again, insist that the contact shares their current location with you by tapping on the arrow icon next to the text box and then Share Location. There's also a way of preventing them from manually entering their location The way the location appears is a clue.

Feel free to call them out on it. Do they have someone more important to be talking to? That devilish son of a gun. Typing is a right faff when you want to use your hands for other stuff such as eating, cooking or fine embroidery. So you can now dictate any missives to your phone instead of punching them in with your digits like a total chump. Tap on it for the option to create a new list of contacts you want your message to go out to, and message away like you would normally. Not all group chats are created equal, as some are filled with nothing but white noise. On the flipside, there are the group chats you want to stay on top of, such as the ones deciding dinner plans for the night and so on.

Go to the significant group chats, tap on the name to bring up Group Info and then Custom Notifications. There, you can select a custom message alert for the group chats of your choice. All you have to do now is remember which alert tone you assigned to which group chat. This customisation is only applicable for group chats though. WhatsApp knows how precious your chat history is to you and secures it all for you in the cloud. The next time you install WhatsApp from fresh on any device, you can simply select the Google Drive backup option at the setup screen, to have all your up-to-date messages injected into your device, straight from the cloud.

Go to Settings, then Chat Settings and then Auto-Download and tweak the settings for how you want your received media to be downloaded.

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Alternatively, you can trigger downloads manually by switching Auto-Download to Never. You can also save the hassle of having to clean up your camera roll every so often by tweaking Save Incoming Media off. Just carry on using WhatsApp with your regular number.

But doing so will mess up your contacts list. Just ignore the pop-up or cancel it, and your WhatsApp should work linked to your old number, while using your new data SIM. When dinner time rolls around, the last thing you want to do is scroll through frivolous messages to find the address of the restaurant you're meeting your friends at. Luckily WhatsApp lets you bookmark certain messages for easy access.

Double tap on any message and tap on the star icon to mark it. WhatsApp is more than just a run-of-the-mill instant messenger.

You can use it to make calls too. Make sure you're using the latest version of WhatsApp. You should see a new Calls tab alongside the usual Chats and Contacts. Just send a voice call invite to another WhatsApp user and you'll be chatting away in no time.

You make vague plans for drinks, settle on a date, then promptly forget about it as the conversation rolls on. This handy little shortcut makes sure you commit to an appointment.

Just state a date and you get an automatic link to add it to your calendar. Wire is cross-platform, and you can use it on multiple devices. Which of these can be used across multiple platforms? If there is a phone app to accompany it, that may be a bonus. You can find details about each app on their website. Most of them are cross-platform, so you should have no issues using them across multiple devices. Can you review Hypster-Heart? Thank you for the suggestion. Have a great week! But sometimes I use Facebook Messenger for my private calls.

Is it secure for me? Whatsapp is a good option indeed. Facebook Messenger has an option called Secret Conversations, but it has some limitations. Here are more details: Thanks for the recommendation, John!

Ahhh, no problem thanks for the reply Andrea. Is the perfect solution for businesses. For online chatting firstly i choose the Whatsapp always. But recently i download imo chat software on my android device. After reading you post; i know that whatsapp is safe for private calls or chat. But i want to know about the imo. Is imo safe for private calls? I think this link will help you get the information you need: Never heard of something called BBM? Do a little research before u publish something rubbish! Custom encryption can be developed even at higher grade with multi-layers of symmetric encryption up 99 layers using different algorithms.

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Hello there, are you working for Facebook?? How do you trust them? How you can say that WhatUP is secure? Also today the pigs fly.. Thanks for your suggestion. Since when XMPP is an encryption protocols? Even in the wikipedia page the lake of end-to-end encryption is list as a weakness of xmpp https: Thank you for the feedback! I completely agree that encryption is very serious business, so your input is more than welcome. Thanks for making the time for it! No, those are conducted via your mobile data, so only the cost of the mobile data will be mentioned on the bill.

I have been looking for secure communication solutions for a while now.