{"id":59530,"date":"2022-08-29T08:39:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T08:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/urgent-privacy-warning-to-billions-of-android-users-to-check-wifi-settings-now-dont-miss-it\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T08:39:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T08:39:24","slug":"urgent-privacy-warning-to-billions-of-android-users-to-check-wifi-settings-now-dont-miss-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/urgent-privacy-warning-to-billions-of-android-users-to-check-wifi-settings-now-dont-miss-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent privacy warning to BILLIONS of Android users to check WiFi settings now – don’t miss it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BILLIONS of Android users have been warned to check their WiFi settings NOW.<\/p>\n

Simply turning off your WiFi doesn’t actually mean it is completely off and it could be running in the background.<\/p>\n

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Android users have been warned to check their WiFi settings<\/span>Credits: TikTok\/@tatechtips<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Many followers of @Tatechtips thanked the TikTok star for his advice<\/span>Credits: TikTok\/@tatechtips<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Users need to go Location in their phone settings and pick Location Services. They must then scroll down the page to find WiFi scanning.<\/p>\n

Anyone wanting another level of privacy may want to turn that off.<\/p>\n

Techie TikTok star @tatechtips issued the advice in his latest video.<\/p>\n

In the short clip, he said: \u201cTurning off your WiFi, doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve turned off your WiFi.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo if you head over to your phone’s settings and go to ‘Location’ and then select ‘Location Services’ and here you can see ‘WiFi scanning’.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt says ‘Let apps use WiFi for location detection even when WiFi is turned off.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that means that when you’ve turned your WiFi off but you’ve got your scanning on your phone is still constantly sending probe requests for WiFi.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if you want an extra level of privacy turn your WiFi scanning off as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video has already picked up more than 51,700 likes and attracted over 600 comments.<\/p>\n

Many commentators wrote to thank the expert for his advice.<\/p>\n

One simply said: \u201cThanks. More privacy the better. Turned it off immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: ‘Thank you I’ve always wanted to turn it off but never knew how and was too lazy to google it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A third wrote: \u201cJust turned it off. Thank you, sir. I got a Motorola it works.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the TikTok star revealed how turning on disappearing messages in WhatsApp could be a life-saver in the future.<\/p>\n

WHATSAPP FEATURE<\/h2>\n

The feature automatically “unsends” texts \u2013 to avoid a massive log of all your messages dwelling in the ether.<\/p>\n

Open your app on mobile and then go into Settings > Account > Privacy.<\/p>\n

Look for Disappearing Messages and then set the toggle to the On position.<\/p>\n

Then choose a time period for messages to disappear \u2013 24 hours, 7 days or 90 days.<\/p>\n

A message will appear in the chat confirming that Disappearing Messages has been turned on.<\/p>\n

GOOGLE CHROME<\/h2>\n

In June, Google Chrome users were urged to protect their personal data by going through its \u201cPrivacy Guide\u201d.<\/p>\n

It allows you to shore up your account’s security without having to trawl through the browser’s settings.<\/p>\n

Users are guided through Chrome’s controls for cookies and browsing history.<\/p>\n

Changing those controls restricts the data that Google and the websites you visit store about you.<\/p>\n

Privacy Guide also let you tweak Google’s Safe Browsing tool, which warns if you’re about to access a suspected dodgy website.<\/p>\n

To try Privacy Guide for yourself, head into in your Chrome settings by clicking the three dots on the top-right corner of your browser.<\/p>\n

go to Privacy and security<\/strong> and then Privacy Guide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you don’t have time to go through the whole guide at once, Google saves your progress as you go.<\/p>\n

Chrome also offers a handy “Password Checkup” service that lets you know if any of your online credentials have been compromised.<\/p>\n

To try it out, open Chrome and click the three dots in the top right-hand corner of the browser to go to Settings.<\/p>\n

Then click on the key symbol to be taken to the password options.<\/p>\n

Here you should see a section called “Saved Passwords” and it will contain all the websites for which you have saved your login details.<\/p>\n

Then click “Check passwords” and Chrome will scan your details and let you know if any have been compromised.<\/p>\n

It will also tell you if any of your passwords are weak.<\/p>\n

If this is the case you can click on a link to make the passwords stronger.<\/p>\n

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Android users were urged to check the status of their phone’s WiFi scanning function<\/span>Credits: TikTok\/@tatechtips<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n