WeChat is closely related to our daily life, and while it brings convenience to us, it has also become the target of some people with ulterior motives. Therefore, it is particularly important to prevent personal privacy leakage and fund security in the process of using WeChat.
WeChat includes a large number of features and modules, many of which are enabled by default, but are not often used by most people. In some specific scenarios, these functions that are turned on by default have left a lot of security risks for many people's WeChat accounts, and it is recommended that ordinary users turn them off.
Next, Xiaoyu will share with you the 4 settings that WeChat must be turned off, and you can selectively operate according to your actual needs.
01
People in the neighborhood
By default, the "People Nearby" feature in WeChat is turned on, allowing nearby strangers to find him. Originally, this was an entrance used by the WeChat team to focus on stranger social networking, but in the actual use process, this function often causes some unnecessary trouble, especially for female friends, who may often receive some harassing messages or advertising content.
After entering WeChat, click [Me-Settings-General-Discovery Page Management] in turn, and turn off the "People Nearby" function here.
In addition, for those who have already used the "People Nearby" function, it is recommended to clear the location information that you have used before turning off this function. To do this, after entering "People Nearby", click on the "three dots" icon in the upper right corner, and then select "Clear location and sign out".
By doing the above, you can prevent strangers from harassing you or advertising through "people nearby".
02
Authorization management
In the process of using a mobile phone, it is often necessary to log in to the account on various platforms. Many platforms allow you to log in with a WeChat account, and you will often need your current account to authorize the use of Mini Programs. Although these operations make it much easier for us to log in to the platform, as we use WeChat for longer and longer, we will authorize more and more third-party platforms, which will also cause the risk of personal information leakage to a certain extent.
Therefore, in order to avoid your personal information being continuously obtained by these third-party platforms, it is recommended to regularly clean up the authorization of WeChat.
Open WeChat, enter [Me - Settings - Personal Information and Permissions - Authorization Management], which records that you use WeChat to log in to my third-party platform and mini program.
Click on the corresponding settings to see what information the platform has obtained about you. In general, the nickname and avatar and friend relationship are obtained, and the friend relationship is a very sensitive permission.
If you feel that this platform is no longer used or is not used frequently, it is recommended to cancel the authorization through here.
03
Allow strangers to view 10 Moments
By default, WeChat allows strangers to view their 10 Moments content, which also means that their latest Moments content is open to everyone, especially female friends who like to take selfies, it will be very dangerous once they meet those with ulterior motives.
After entering WeChat, open [Me-Settings-Friend Permissions-Moments] in turn, where you can see the option of "Allow strangers to view 10 Moments", turn off this switch.
This way, strangers can't view the content of the Moments without their permission.
04
Add my way
There are many ways to add WeChat friends, which provides a lot of convenience for us to add friends to each other, but there are also certain security risks, such as strangers can add themselves through group chats to cause some harassment to themselves.
Therefore, we should restrict some ways to add my WeChat according to our actual situation.
Open WeChat, and enter [Me - Settings - Friend Permissions - Add Me Method] in turn. Here are 6 ways to add my WeChat, it is recommended to turn off the mobile phone number and group chat.