WhatsApp is working to add more options for the account privacy settings that will give you additional control over who you want to allow to see your account information. With this new option, you can individually select the contacts that will be able to see your WhatsApp activities, rather than selecting in a bulk.
Privacy settings:
WhatsApp privacy setting allows you to set restrictions on last seen, profile photo, about, status, and live locations. Furthermore, a user can also decide who will add him/her to other WhatsApp groups. Moving ahead, WhatsApp provides you three options for last seen, profile photo, and About that include
- Everyone
- My Contacts
- Nobody
It’s a set of visible information, granted by an account holder for other users. If a holder sets as everyone his profile photo, last seen and about can be seen by anyone who is on WhatsApp. The same goes with My Contacts and Nobody. However, if a users set Nobody for last seen, the user will not be able to see other’s last seen either. Over these three options, WhatsApp will provide one more option for these privacy settings soon.
New WhatsApp Privacy Settings:
As you see in the image, besides the three available features, a new “My contact Except” is also appears. It’ll let you exclude the individuals from your contact list whom you don’t want to let know about your activities. It’s the same feature as we use in the privacy setting for WhatsApp Status and Groups.
Observing the image attached below, it seems to work as previously. If a user doesn’t share his last seen with others, he also won’t be able to know other’s last seen. To be mentioned, this screenshot is taken from WhatsApp privacy settings on iOS suggesting that it will come for the iOS users first.
This feature is under development for further changes. It’s planned to release with future updates as it isn’t available for the beta testers yet. At present, you can use the rest three feature on both platforms.
Where to find Privacy Settings:
- Open your WhatsApp Account
- Select the WhatsApp Setting
- Click on the Account Settings
- You can find the first option as Privacy
(Source: Wabetainfo)
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