Indholdsfortegnelse for Issue 4 i WhatsApp The Complete Manual

1 To begin with you need to visit the WhatsApp website, specifically the Download section: www.whatsapp.com/download. Here you can see the screen split into two sections: the left side for mobile devices and the right for desktop systems. Click the Green Download for Windows (64-bit) button to continue. 2 After clicking the button you’ll be asked to Save the file to your desktop, do so and wait for it to download. You can find the program executable in the Downloads folder of your home area on the PC. Just double-click the WhatsApp Setup program to start the installation. 3 The install is a little different to most other apps you may have downloaded in the past. After a short while WhatsApp asks you to scan a QR code with your…

1 Three-Dots Icon – Tap the three-dots icon here and from the sub-menu that appears, tap Select Chats. An empty circle appears by each conversation. Tap to tick the ones you want to action, then tap Archive or Read at the bottom of the screen. 2 Camera – The Camera feature, as we’ve mentioned, enters the app’s camera mode. You can take a picture or video with either the front or rear facing camera and instantly post it in a message; or choose a previously taken shot from the camera roll. 3 Plus Icon – The Plus icon in the top right of the WhatsApp screen starts a New Chat, form a New Group, add a New Contact or start a New Broadcast. 4 Archived – Click this to access…

1 To get to the Privacy page: open the WhatsApp Settings, according to your device. The Privacy section is listed on this main settings page, under Accounts. It’s the option illustrated with a padlock. Tap this link to get to the WhatsApp Privacy page. 2 The Privacy page is all about your personal information. There are two main sections to it: who can see my personal info and Messaging. Tap on the first option: Last Seen. Last Seen refers to the last time you used WhatsApp, tap it and specify whether: Everyone, Contacts only, or no one, can see when you were last using WhatsApp. 3 Next is the Profile Photo visibility and the About statement – both as defined in the Profile section in Settings. You can opt for…

1 There are two ways in which you can transfer your WhatsApp account details to another number and phone. The first by changing the number in the Profile section, which we looked at previously. The second is to tap the Change Number option in the Account menu. 2 When you tap the option, you’ll be given a brief round-up of what’s going to happen. Tapping Next will start the process, asking you for your new number where a confirmation SMS will be sent and the migration will begin. AN IPHONE, OR ANDROID PHONE? Which is best for WhatsApp? iPhone, Android? There’s a raging debate throughout many forums as to which platform works best with WhatsApp. Some would opt for iPhone immediately, while others maintain Android as being the best. In…

1 There are countless WhatsApp wallpaper apps available for Android but of the many that clutter the Play Store, Wallpapers for Chat is a good starting place. Open up the Play Store and search for the app, then tap the Install button and Open the app. 2 With the Wallpapers for Chat app open, tap which category you want to view (along the top of the screen). Select the wallpaper and tap the image to download it. Open WhatsApp and enter a Chat session, tap the three Vertical dots and choose Wallpaper from the menu. Tap Gallery and the downloaded wallpaper appears. Tap Set when done. ALTERNATIVE WALLPAPER If you prefer not to download a third-party wallpaper app, go to the main WhatsApp screen, tap the three vertical dots and…

1 It’s easy to pin a chat to the top of your chat window. First of all, find the chat you want to pin and swipe it to the right, revealing two new icons; Unread, which marks the chat as unread, and Pin. Tap the Pin icon. 2 The chat in question is moved to the top of the chats list. On the right-hand side of this chat, you see a pin icon. This shows it is pinned, and will always appear at the top of the list and is not displaced by incoming messages on other chats. REMOVING THE PINS Removing a pinned chat is simply a reversal of the pinning a chat process. Swipe the pinned chat to the right again, and you once more see two icons.…

1 Again, there’s two ways of doing this. Either tap and hold the chat you wish to archive until a menu pops up, or swipe the chat left to reveal two icons, one of which is Archive. 2 Tap the Archive link in the menu or the Archive icon revealed by swiping the chat left. The chat then disappears from your chat list, and is no longer visible on that page. UN-ARCHIVE CHATS If you want to bring your archived chats back into the main Chat screen, tap on the ‘Archived chats’ link at the top of the chat list. From within the archived section, select the chat you want to restore, and long tap for the menu or swipe left for the icons. Tap the Unarchive option or icon…

1 Reporting a contact as Spam automatically blocks them as well. To report spam, open the chat and tap the person’s name or number at the top of the screen. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap Report. The WhatsApp team review the report and take any necessary actions, such as banning the number. 2 It’s a similar process on a WhatsApp desktop app. Click on the chat in question, and in the right-hand window, click on the person’s name or number at the top. A menu appears, offering the same options as on the mobile apps. At the foot of this menu is the option to report the person in question. SPAM AND HOAXES The Internet is full of spam and hoaxes and WhatsApp is no exception.…

1 Enter a chat and either select text you’ve already written or with new text, enter: _Text_. This displays the text as Italics. 2 For Bold text, put an asterisk on either side of the text. Again, you can select sections of text you’ve already written or enter new text. For example: *Text* and tap the Send button. 3 Strikethrough and Monospace Font text styles can be achieved by placing a tilde on both sides of the text: ~Strikethrough text~ and for Monospace Font, use three backticks either side: ```Monospace Font text```. ALTERNATIVE FORMATTING Alternatively, instead of adding extras before and after the text, simply highlight the text in the text field, tap the Format option that appears and choose Bold, Italic, Strikethrough or Monospace.…

Being the world’s most popular chat app can’t be easy. The developers issue an update and succeed in making one half of the WhatsApp population happy, while the other half take to other social media platforms to vehemently voice their disgust. You manage to swat one identified scam, and another two come along to take its place. You increase safety and privacy, and it annoys the users with the additional layers of security. It would seem that as a WhatsApp developer you’re facing a never-ending battle of compromises. As a parent or guardian, though, WhatsApp has introduced a new entry point into your child’s web of protection that you have so carefully weaved since the day they were born. It’s this potential chink in the barrier that causes some of…

The Good – WhatsApp has regularly been used to help journalists, and those in conflict nations around the world, spread the news of what’s actually happening within a country where access to the Internet and the outside world is near impossible. The Bad – WhatsApp is fast becoming one of the main platforms for spreading malware, viruses, and scamming users. Scams include fake offers, fake users, and data theft. The Ugly – WhatsApp has been used in cases of cyberbullying, some of which have resulted in young people self-harming and even in some circumstances, committing suicide.…

At its heart, WhatsApp is simply a free to use cross-platform instant messaging service. However, to its many users the app is much more than just a means of keeping in touch. The WhatsApp phenomenon has spread throughout the social media digital world, offering the end user a safe and secure platform in which to communicate. There are examples of people using WhatsApp to help inform police and security services of crime as it happens, enabling better lines of communication with the public and law enforcement as well as gathering of evidence against a perpetrator. People have used WhatsApp to record geological events such as erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes and other such catastrophes. Thanks to WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption and high standards of security, users can talk, send attachments, images and…

1 Open your web browser and go to www.whatsapp.com/download. The site looks at your machine and recommends the version of WhatsApp to download, offering a link in the centre of the page. Click this to download the app. 2 Once the WhatsApp.dmg file is downloaded it will appear in the Downloads folder in the Dock. Expand Downloads and click on the file to start the installation. After a short time you will be presented with the WhatsApp Installer window; simply drag the WhatsApp icon over to the Application folder icon. 3 Double-click the WhatsApp icon in the installer window and click Open in the confirmation box that appears. Just like the Windows desktop installation, the WhatsApp window will display a QR Code which you can scan with WhatsApp on your…

1 Security is paramount in today’s digital world. If it’s not the threat from hackers gaining access to our online presence, then it’s some secret government agency. WhatsApp takes security seriously. Tap on the Security option in Account to see more. 2 For some time now, WhatsApp has adopted end-to-end encryption. What this means to you is that the only people who can read your messages are the contacts you send the messages to. Messages to and from your device are jumbled up so much that they can’t be deciphered if intercepted; only the sender and receiver can view the content. WHAT IS ENCRYPTION? Encryption scrambles the contents of a message, making it impossible to read without a key to decipher it. In digital terms, these keys are generated by…

1 You will find the option to delete your account within the Account section, as the very last choice in the menu. Tap it and you will begin the process of wiping you from WhatsApp altogether. 2 As you would expect, the company would rather you didn’t delete your account, and as a safeguard you have to enter your phone number and press the big orange button to continue. You’re given the option to change your number instead, which is helpful. ACCOUNT DELETION There’s nothing wrong with wanting to delete your account. Perhaps you’re wiping your social media presence clean, you’re concerned about privacy, or you’re too distracted by WhatsApp. Whatever the reason, Deleting your account will: • Delete your account from WhatsApp.• Erase your message history.• Delete you from…

1 Open the App Store app on your iPhone and search for Nature HD Wallpaper for WhatsApp. Tap Get to start the installation or tap the app’s title for more information. Once the app has successfully installed, tap the Open button to launch it. 2 Scroll through the available wallpaper and tap to open the images. When the image opens, tap the Download button at the bottom. Open WhatsApp, tap Settings followed by Chats, then Chat Wallpaper. Tap Photos and the downloaded images are available within WhatsApp. iPHONE WALLPAPER iPhone users have more choice when it comes to default WhatsApp wallpaper. Open the Chat Wallpaper screen again (Settings > Chats > Chat Wallpaper) and choose Wallpaper Library. Rather than requiring an extra app to download and install, the iPhone has…

1 There are two ways of deleting a chat in WhatsApp. In the chat list, you can tap and hold the chat until a window pops up. One of the options in this list is Delete Chat. Tap it to delete the chat in question. 2 Alternatively, in the chat list, swipe the chat you wish to delete to the left. You see new icons. Tap the three-dots icon, the one labelled ‘More’, to bring up an options window. The bottom option is Delete Chat. RESTORING YOUR CHAT HISTORY WhatsApp doesn’t store any of its users’ chat histories on the company servers, so as a company, it is unable to retrieve any deleted messages. However, you can use Google Drive or iCloud to back up your chat history and ultimately…

1 Open WhatsApp Desktop and if you haven’t already, sign in via the QR Code that the desktop displays. Once you’ve paired the mobile and the desktop, you can see the default desktop start screen, displaying the current chats, groups and your profile. 2 Click on the pen-and-paper icon for a menu that lets you start a new chat with one of your contacts, or start a new group chat. The circular icon with horizontal lines next to it toggles between showing all chats and only chats with unread messages. 3 Right-click on a chat in the list for a contextual menu, as shown. From here, you can mark the chat as unread, archive it, mute it (set how long with the sub-menu), pin it to the top of the…

1 To quote text, first open a message and locate what it is you want to quote. Tap and press the text to highlight it and call up a set of icons at the top of the screen. 2 Tap the Reply option and the highlighted text is displayed within a box with a section at the bottom for you to enter your text. You can also include emoji, animated GIFs and attachments with the quote. When you’re ready, tap the Send button to quote the text. QUOTING WITH THE DESKTOP VERSION If you want to quote some text via the desktop version of WhatsApp the process is a little different. First open the chat and find the message you want to quote. Hover the mouse pointer over it and…

FOR GUARDIANS Those of you who are in charge of a young person, here’s some tips to help keep them safe in an ever-changing digital world. Talk – Probably the most important piece of advice anyone can give: Talk. Have regular conversations about what’s happening online. Talk about the latest scams, talk about what should and shouldn’t be shared online or in WhatsApp. Encourage them to be able to talk to you about anything online. Research – Do your research! In conjunction with the first piece of advice, read about the latest scams coming through WhatsApp and online, so you can talk to a young person. Use sites such as Net Aware (https://www.net-aware.org.uk/#) to keep up-to-date with the latest digital safety news. FOR KIDS You may well know more about…

VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK Using a VPN can help hide your online presence. While this may seem like an ideal way to get to illegal content, it’s actually designed to help fight for your basic right to Internet and digital privacy. A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is, essentially, a server or group of servers in a remote location with which you’ll connect through a client. The VPN servers will then hide your Internet-bound IP address with their own, so for example, if you’re connected to a VPN that’s located in Australia then your IP address would appear as if you were actually sat at a desktop Down Under. The benefits of this are many, but mainly a VPN will allow you to access region restricted websites, protect you from tracking, and…

WhatsApp was launched in January 2009 by two former Yahoo! developers, Brian Acton and Jan Koum. After the pair left Yahoo! in September 2007 they spent some time travelling and, as Internet rumour has it, frequently found it difficult to stay in touch reliably with friends and family. Once they returned home they applied for a number of jobs, one of which was at Facebook HQ. Sadly, or rather thankfully, they were turned down and about that time Koum, living off his saving from Yahoo!, purchased an iPhone and immediately saw the app industry as the way forward. Koum began exploring the possibility of developing an app that would allow mobile users to interact and communicate with each other better than with what was currently available. Teaming up with Acton,…

1 Two-step Verification is a feature that adds an extra layer of security to your WhatsApp account. It works by sending the registered phone you’re using WhatsApp on a customised six-digit PIN via SMS. When your profile is verified, the PIN is called for and entering it will unlock WhatsApp. To enable it, tap on the Two-step Verification link. 2 The setup asks for a valid phone number in order to send the SMS PIN, as well as an optional email address where you can follow the instructions to disable Two-step Verification. Don’t forget the six-digit PIN, entering it incorrectly will lock your account; additionally, WhatsApp will ask you to enter the PIN periodically to ensure you don’t forget it. MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION The future of multi-factor authentication is rapidly approaching,…

1 You can mute a single chat without muting your entire device’s notification settings. Long-tap the chat and select Mute from the menu, or swipe it left, tap More and tap the Mute link in the pop-up window. 2 You are now presented with an option menu. You can mute notifications from that chat for eight hours, a week or permanently. Choose an option, and you get no more notifications from that chat for that time. UN-MUTE CHATS If you want to bring the conversation back alive again before the set time period has elapsed, simply reverse the process. Notice that the muted chat contact has the mute icon in their chat bar, just under the date. Tap and long press to bring the menu up and tap the speaker…

1 To block a person that’s sent you a message, either deep-press on the chat in the chat list and select Block from the menu that appears. Alternatively, slide it to the left and tap the Block icon that appears. 2 Another way is to go to Settings > Privacy > Blocked and tap the Add New option at the top of the screen. You can then add a contact who’s on WhatsApp regardless of whether they’ve already messaged you. UNBLOCKING CONTACTS Unblocking a contact can be done via the Settings > Privacy > Blocked Contacts screen. Tap the contact you want to unblock, then at the foot of the information screen that appears, tap the Unblock ‘contact name/number’ option. The contact is now unblocked and you can receive messages,…

1 Protecting your WhatsApp account can be done mainly through the Settings > Account option. In here you’re able to secure your personal details, profile, status, messaging and visibility of your account. 2 Thankfully, WhatsApp already encrypts and secures messages sent from one device to another. This means that your data can’t be intercepted and read. However, you can opt to view security notifications if a contact’s security setting has been altered. This is in the Settings > Account > Security menu. chats. 3 For added security you can opt for two-step authentication, which requires a PIN when registering your phone number with WhatsApp. This is an absolute must for those who use the app regularly. 4 Beyond WhatsApp itself, make sure that your phone or tablet is securely locked…

ONLINE BULLYING Cyberbullying is when someone uses the Internet, email, online gaming, social media, and any other kind of digital platform to threaten, tease, humiliate, or upset someone else. Both the bully and the victim of the bullying can be any age, from very young children up to late teens and beyond, in some cases. And the source of the bullying could be someone the victim knows, at school or college, or a complete stranger on the other side of the world. Bullying someone online doesn’t always involve threating remarks. What may seem like a playful comment on one side could be taken as a cutting jibe on the other. It’s not always an easy thing to specify, as we all have moments when we may say or do something…

KRYPTOS COMMUNICATIONS To better understand encryption it’s worth taking a moment to learn about its origins, how it has been developed over the years, and how it applies to our modern communications. The word encryption comes from the ancient Greek word Kryptos, which means hidden or secret. Interestingly, the use of hiding messages from others can be traced back to early Egyptian scribes who inserted non-standard hieroglyphs within other communications in order to hide the message from casual viewers. According to historians, the Spartans used strips of leather with engraved messages. When the flat strips were read they were meaningless, but when wrapped around a staff of a certain diameter the characters would be decipherable. Of course, the modern forms of encryption are far more advanced, but the overall core…

A VPN, as we’ve discussed already, enables you to connect to a remote server, which gives your computer, or device, an alternative IP address and encases all your communications to and from the device, and the Internet, inside a highly encrypted bubble of protection. It’s a fantastic service and if you haven’t already, you should really consider adopting it. WhatsApp offers a high level of encryption between you and other users, meaning that without the right encryption keys, someone won’t be able to intercept a WhatsApp message and read its contents. However, there have been some security issues brought to light in recent years involving WhatsApp. One of the main issues, that has since been patched, was that the encryption keys could be intercepted when WhatsApp made a connection to…