People will no longer be able to randomly add users to groups on WhatsApp groups without permission. WhatsApp has announced a major ch...
People will no longer be able to randomly add users to
groups on WhatsApp groups without permission.
WhatsApp has announced a major change in its privacy
settings that allows users to decide who can add them to groups. The new feature
will force people to seek consent from users before adding them to chat groups.
Users can access the privacy settings to select one of
three options—“nobody", “my contacts" or “everyone".
“Nobody" prevents anyone from adding the user to any
group, while “my contacts" allows people who are on the contacts list to add
the user to any group. In both cases, the user will receive a private invite
through an individual chat message, giving him or her the choice to join the
group. The invite expires in three days.
“With these new features, users will have more control over
the group messages they receive," WhatsApp said.
The new privacy settings began rolling out to some users
from Wednesday, and will be available worldwide in the weeks ahead to those
using the latest version of WhatsApp.
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