WhatsApp is committed to improving security to match its great rival in messaging

Although WhatsApp continues to be the dominant application in the world of messaging, more and more users are daring and giving the jump to its great rival that is none other than Telegram. There are other options, some very close like Facebook Messenger and others further away like Line, but the truth is that the first two are the ones that eat up most of the cake.

The truth is that in recent times WhatsApp has tried to copy some of the functions of Telegram and thus we have seen how it has been added recently the use of GIF's or previously other options such as writing in bold, italics and underlining... among other functions.

And to all the novelties that have been incorporated now it seems that they want to add some more, especially aimed at improving the security of the app , so often called into question in the different systems in which it operates.

A piece of news that comes to light thanks to an email received by the WhatsApp translation group in which they ask for help with the following functions:

• Passcodes don't match. Try again.
• Enter your email address
• Confirm your email address
• Emails don't match. Try again.
• Add an email address so if you forget your passcode, you can recover it.
• Omit Email
• If you don't enter an email address, you won't be able to recover your passcode if you forget it. Without your passcode, you won't be able to access your WhatsApp account.
• ?Are you sure you want to disable two-step verification for your account??
• Skip this step
• Error setting passcode. Please try again later.
• Error removing passcode. Please try again later.
• Error sending email. Please try again later.
• The passcode you entered does not match our records. Please change your password or disable two step verification.
• Please re-enter your two step verification passcode, to ensure it is not forgotten.
• This account is protected by two step verification. Please enter the correct passcode to continue.
• forgot passcode
• Email sent to your recovery email address.
• An email was sent to your recovery email address recently, please wait for it to arrive.
• This video is not available because something is wrong with the video file.
• This recording is not available because something is wrong with the audio file.

In this sense and as pointed out in different media, the first step to take is to allow that WhatsApp can be associated with a customer accountby means of an email, something that occurs in a large number of apps that we find in the market.

And as if this were not enough, two-step login is another of the measures they have in mind in WhatsApp, so so that a password would arrive to our email to access our account each time we activate it, thus complementing the registration by telephone number.

In this way security is reinforced and the use of WhatsApp would be allowed as an independent application in our team, seeking to satisfy users customers who require more protection for their data.And despite these future improvements, the question remains in the air... _Will they be enough?_ and above all... what is the best instant messaging app for you? WhatsApp or Telegram?_

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