Last updated on December 1, 2020

WhatsApp has performed a magnificent feat in bringing end-to-end encryption for all communications

  1. Make sure that WhatsApp has access to your camera. You may have already allowed this when you install
  2. Open a conversation with your friend in WhatsApp and then select the person’s name at the top of the
  3. This will open the contact window for that person. Near the bottom of that screen you will see a setting for
  4. Tap on the encryption field, and you will view a screen that displays a QR code as well as a 60-digit decimal code that represents the contents of that QR
  5. At the bottom of the QR code screen, there is a link that will enable you to scan your friend’s code, and they can do the same for your

Steps to configure security settings on WhatsApp

 -> Settings -> Accounts -> Security -> enable the QR code

Source:  Handbook on Information Security, Sri Lanka CERT – CC