WhatsApp is taking one other step in the direction of consumer privateness with a brand new characteristic that lets customers disguise their on-line standing from nosy contacts. The brand new characteristic will lastly allow you to flick thru WhatsApp in full stealth mode.
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A latest discovery from WABetaInfo reveals the brand new privateness characteristic. The flexibility to cover your on-line standing will likely be added to the ‘final seen’ safety controls that had been simply up to date a few weeks in the past. The final seen characteristic allows you to select who can see while you had been final lively on WhatsApp.
However the upcoming addition will will let you disguise your on-line standing fully, even while you’re actively utilizing the app.
The brand new on-line standing characteristic will likely be present in the identical window because the final seen choice within the Privateness settings.
As of now, it doesn’t seem like you possibly can change your WhatsApp on-line standing independently. As a substitute, it must mirror the final seen choices that you’ve got established. It is possible for you to to decide on both Everybody or Similar as Final Seen for who can see your on-line standing.
For instance, if you happen to select My Contacts for who can see your final seen data, those self same folks will see your on-line standing (so long as you select the Similar as Final Seen choice). And if you happen to select No one within the final seen part, you possibly can mirror that choice on your on-line standing.
Proper now, the characteristic continues to be within the growth levels on iOS. However WABetaInfo says WhatsApp will likely be including the characteristic to Android and desktop as properly.
It’s unclear precisely when the characteristic will make its strategy to the general public. Nonetheless, it’s good to see that WhatsApp has been listening to its customers.
