I am sure that, as you read this article, you have WhatsApp open on your mobile. Or at least the application is installed on your smartphone.
It is not at all strange that it is like this. WhatsApp is the leading messaging application in a world in which there are more and more mobile phones. And in these times, where privacy is increasingly important, it is not strange that there are people who want avoid being spied on. Although I'm sure there are also those who want learn to read other people's conversations without the need to access the mobile phone in question.
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Application mSpy es A simple way to monitor anyone's phone. It takes less than 15 minutes to remotely install the application on the iPhone that we want to spy on, it has a trial version that will allow you to enjoy the entire package of functions free so you can try its full potential.
Being able to read WhatsApp conversations from a smartphone that is not ours is a real possibility thanks to WhatsApp Sniffer or mSpy, and in this tutorial we are going to see how to use the application, as well as how to prevent them from spying on us.
WhatsApp Sniffer: How to spy on WhatsApp conversations
Download WhatsApp Sniffer
The first thing to do is download WhatsApp Sniffer. This application was available in the Android application store in the beginning, however it has been removed for obvious reasons. But that's okay, it is still possible to download WhatsApp Sniffer from many Internet websites, or by clicking on the link below.
You can find two different versions of the application. One is free, and it is maintained thanks to the ads within the app. The other is a paid version, in which you get rid of all advertising by paying a small amount for the application.
When the application is downloaded we will find a APK file that we will have to install manually on our device. In order to install an application not from the Play Store, you must go to Settings> Security and enable the installation of applications Unknown origins to be able to install any app through an APK file.
It is important to know that in order to use WhatsApp Sniffer we will need have super user permissionsThat is, we will need to have our terminal rooted (here we show how to root an Android mobile) and busybox for the application to work.
How to use WhatsApp Sniffer
When we open the WhatsApp Sniffer application we will find the main screen, on which a notice appears telling us that, if we are connected to our network with WPA, we must activate the ARP-Spoof option.
If we want to start spying on the conversations of people who are connected to our WiFi network, we will have to click on the "Start" button, which is located at the bottom of the screen. As soon as the button is pressed, the application will request access to superuser permissions.
When we grant administrator permissions to WhatsApp Sniffer, the application will begin to search for conversations held over our network.
When the application receives a conversation, it will be displayed on the main screen of the application, as well as a notice will be displayed in the notification bar. There you can see the conversations that are active using the network.
How It Works The application allows us to intercept messages and display them on the screen of our smartphone. This way we will not need to have access to the terminal, we will simply we will have to be connected to the same WiFi network as the victim. Only in this way can we spy on WhatsApp conversations.
How to avoid being spied on by WhatsApp
In the same way that WhatsApp Sniffer allows us to spy on someone else's WhatsApp conversations, any other user on the network could be spying on our conversations. How can we avoid being spied on by WhatsApp?
WhatsApp has quite a few security flaws. Virtually any conversation can be intercepted and read by a user with basic knowledge, and the application's messages are not encrypted.
There are countless ways to spy on WhatsApp conversations, not only through WhatsApp Sniffer. Any Sniffer and network analyzer can filter and receive the messages and read them. For this reason, if you want to avoid being spied on, it is best to send messages through data. It is much more complicated for someone to spy on us through the 3G/4G network, although it is not impossible. You can also use a VPN tunnel to make things difficult for anyone trying to spy on our conversations.
The truth is that there is no 100% effective way to prevent our conversations from being spied on. Although we will be able to get rid of the most inexperienced in a simple way. Therefore, only people who have extensive knowledge in the matter will be able to access them.
We can only keep our conversations safe encrypting messages. Although this can be very complicated unless it is the same WhatsApp developer who adds end-to-end encryption, like what Telegram already has, as well as other messaging applications. Until then, all WhatsApp users will be vulnerable to being spied on with any software that can intercept messages sent and received through the application.
Updated: WhatsApp has added end-to-end encryption to messages sent through its servers, making conversations through the app much more secure. Thanks to this encryption, the WhatsApp Sniffer application is no longer useful for atoning for conversations since it is not possible to decrypt messages with said application.
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