Billions of WhatsApp users warned over crooks ‘attempting’ phone hijacking

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Billions of WhatsApp users warned over crooks ‘attempting’ phone hijacking
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Billions of WhatsApp users warned over crooks ‘attempting’ phone hijacking – check your device right now

There's no good reason to give your one-time-useThe second piece of advice is to enable two-step verification and provide an email address in case you forget your PIN.

"If someone has physical access to your phone, they can use your WhatsApp account without your permission.""If you receive an email to reset the two-step verification PIN or registration code but didn't request this, don't click on the link," WhatsApp advised.Thankfully WhatsApp has made a big effort to stop this type of scam.

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