Call your friends and ask for their SECRET WhatsApp chat code as experts reveal spying danger if it doesn’t match yours
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A SPECIAL code that's unique to each of your WhatsApp chats can reveal if you're being spied on. It's designed to make sure that no one is intercepting your texts or calls. You might never have even seen one of these codes – but they only take a few seconds to find.
![[WhatsApp settings menu showing encryption details.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/whatsapp-encryption-003.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Each chat that you have with an individual person has its own security code. WhatsApp says it lets you make sure you're "chatting with the intended recipient" of your texts. You can find it by going to a chat, tapping on the person's name at the top, and then choosing Encryption.
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This will pull up a window called Verify Security Code. It'll show a QR code, underneath which will be 60 numbers – that's the security code. Your WhatsApp chats are encrypted, which means they're scrambled in transit. This stops people spying on them.
![[WhatsApp security settings showing end-to-end encryption for chats and calls.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/whatsapp-encryption-001.jpg?strip=all&w=601)
As a visual representation of this, you and the person you're chatting with have a shared security code. It's a bit like a secret passcode that you both share – to make sure you're really talking to each other. If you both have the same code for your chat, it means that your calls and messages are encrypted.
![[Whatsapp security notification settings.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/whatsapp-encryption-002.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"WhatsApp provides a way to confirm that you are really talking to the right person," security giant Kaspersky explained in a special memo. "And that no one is eavesdropping on your conversation. "Each chat has a unique security code, and you can check it with your chat partner verbally during a call or through a different communication channel.
