WhatsApp Update: Users can now hide their profile pictures, ‘Last Seen’ from specific people

Meta-owned WhatsApp has rolled out new options that help you to control your privacy with respect to persons (in your contact list) you want to avoid. The company has announced that it allows users to select who from their contact list can see their Profile Photo, About, and Last Seen status. This will further protect the users’ privacy online.

“The safety and security of you and your messages matter to us. We want you to know about the tools and features we have designed to help you stay safe while using WhatsApp,” the company wrote on its FAQ page.

WhatsApp users can now set their last seen, profile photo, about, or status to four options – Everyone, My Contacts, My Contacts Except and Nobody.

The details about the four options are mentioned below in details.

Everyone: Your last seen, profile photo, about, or status will be available to all WhatsApp users;

My Contacts: Your last seen, profile photo, about, or status will be available to your contacts from your address book only.

My Contacts Except… : Your last seen, profile photo, about, or status will be available to your contacts from your address book, except those you exclude.

Nobody: Your last seen, profile photo, about, or status won’t be available to anyone.

The company also said that be mindful of what you share.

“We encourage you to think carefully before you decide to share something with your WhatsApp contacts. Consider whether you would want 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 these messages. They will have the ability to forward or share these messages with others if they choose to,” it added.

WhatsApp said it also has 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.

(With IANS inputs)

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