Meta-owned WhatsApp has announced that it is introducing new options to your privacy control settings to further protect users’ privacy online.
On the microblogging site, the company wrote that users can now choose which of their contact lists can see a profile photo, information about and status Last seen.
“The safety and security of you and your communications is important to us. We want you to know about the tools and features we have created to help you stay safe while using WhatsApp, ”the company wrote on its FAQ page.
WhatsApp said that users can set your last appointment, your profile photo, for or status of the following options – Any: your last view, your profile photo, for or status will be available to all WhatsApp users; My contacts: Your last appointment, profile picture, information or status will be available to your contacts only from your address book.
My contacts other than…: Your last appointment, profile picture, information or status will be available to your contacts from your address book, except those you exclude.
Nobody: Your last view, profile picture, or status will not be available to anyone.
The company also said keep in mind what you share.
“We encourage you to think carefully before you decide to share something with your WhatsApp contacts. Think about whether you would like others to see what you have sent, “the company said.
“When you share a chat, photo, video, file or voice message with someone else on WhatsApp, they will have a copy of those messages. They will have the opportunity to forward or share these messages with others if they choose to do so, “it added.
WhatsApp said there is also a location feature that users can use to share their location in a WhatsApp message. Users should only share their location with people they trust.
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