Onadipe, Intensifies Efforts To Educate WhatsApp Users About 2-Step Verification

In a bid to increase users’ awareness about online safety, the CEO of Internet Safety Magazine, Rotimi Onadipe, has urged users of WhatsApp Messenger App to add more security to their account to protect their sensitive and personal information from being stolen by online criminals.

Recall that last week Tuesday was Safer Internet Day 2024 and Onadipe joined millions of other advocates of online safety across the world to celebrate the day, informing and educating users about the importance of online safety in today’s technology age.

Briefing journalists in Ibadan, Oyo State on Saturday during a cyber safety awareness meeting which was initiated by his organisation, Internet Safety Magazine, Onadipe noted that “it is very unfortunate that many users of WhatsApp Messenger App are not yet informed about the importance of setting up Two-Step verification on their accounts.”

The Online Safety Advocate said: “Last week Tuesday was Safer Internet Day 2024. It was a very interesting day for us at Internet Safety Magazine but I was very surprised when some users of WhatsApp Messenger App I interviewed on that day said they didn’t know about 2-Step verification.

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“This is one of the major reasons why thousands of accounts are being hacked while sensitive, personal information and hard-earned money of unsuspecting victims are also being stolen almost every day by cyber criminals that took advantage of vulnerable accounts.

“My advice to WhatsApp users that have not set up 2-Step verification on their accounts is to do so immediately because failure to do so will give cyber criminals easy access to their accounts. Setting up 2-Step verification on WhatsApp is easy and it can be done in just few minutes.

“Cybercrime prevention is our collective responsibility. If you or someone you know has not set it up, make sure it is done immediately because once an account without a 2-Step verification is hacked, the chance of getting it back is very slim. Moreover, the people on the victim’s contact list are also at risk of being defrauded.

“Be informed that cyber criminals are desperately searching for vulnerable accounts and your password alone is not enough to protect your account from being compromised. You need to add more security features in order to reduce your vulnerability to cyber attacks,” Onadipe added.