WhatsApp is the favorite app of Spaniards to talk to their friends, family and other people with whom they have to interact on a daily basis. The data proves it, since approximately 80% of the population has a registered account in this service, and for now it does not seem that there is any other alternative that puts the reign of the platform owned by Meta at risk.
Approximately 100 billion messages are sent every day on WhatsAppAs a general rule, each user has their contacts and groups that they use the most and with which they exchange the most messages. But this app is used to talk to anyone, and we are no longer talking about people close to us, but rather coworkers, people we want to do business with, or whoever you can think of.
And the ease of communication in the app lies in the fact that You just need to have a phone number and you can start conversations. The problem is that although this sounds like an advantage, and in many cases it is, the truth is that it can cause serious problems if you have never before deleted the old phone numbers that you have accumulated over the years.
Why you should clean old phone numbers
When we change telephone company or contract a new service, on many occasions we have to change our personal telephone number, otherwise we want to pay extra or wait a certain time. But when you change the number, the one we had until now does not disappear, but rather the company reuses it and usually assigns it to another user.
So far everything is normal, but if we take into account how the WhatsApp app works, This puts your privacy and security at serious risk.. This is because if a person starts using WhatsApp with a phone number that an old contact of ours had before, there is a possibility that without knowing it You start a conversation with this new user thinking that it is someone you know.
In most cases, the other person would inform you of the situation and nothing would happen, just like that, but if they don’t tell you anything, you could communicating with a stranger and giving them private information without knowing itor, or that you have directly You have started the conversation that could lead to a scam.
To delete old contacts from your device, You can do it from the contact book or from the WhatsApp app itself. You just have to click on the contact name of a person you no longer talk to or you know has changed their number, click on them and choose the option that says delete contact.
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