WhatsApp Wants to Protect You From People You Don’t Know

WhatsApp quietly applied new privateness measures that shield you from individuals you do not know. 

According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp has been sharing new privateness measures with customers. A Twitter person tweeted a screenshot of a assist message they acquired from the app that particulars why unknown contacts can now not see your final seen and on-line standing. 

“To improve the privacy and security of our users, we’re making it harder for people you don’t know and haven’t chatted with from seeing your last seen online presence on WhatsApp,” the assist message reads. 

“This will not change anything between you and your friends, family, and businesses, who you know or have previously messaged.” 

WABetaInfo notes that the brand new measures may very well be in response to some third-party apps that log your final seen and on-line standing and the way individuals may abuse this course of to stalk WhatsApp customers. 

In September, it was reported that WhatsApp was engaged on comparable privateness instruments that restrict who sees your final seen and on-line standing. The characteristic—presently in beta on Android and iOS—permits you to select Everyone, Nobody, My Contacts, and now, My Contacts Except, in your final seen. 

The new characteristic possibility to select who sees what elements of your WhatsApp profile would additionally transcend the final seen characteristic to embody your Profile Picture and your About information, which incorporates issues like your bio.

However, these privateness measures are completely different as a result of whereas one permits customers to management their final seen, the brand new coverage is a broad measure for everybody that customers can’t change.