WhatsApp no longer allows you to see profile photos of strangers
Gossiping about someone else's WhatsApp profile pictures is going to end. Or that can be seen from one of the latest developments included in the recently discussed update of the messaging application that has yet to reach the majority of the public. And it is that after several days of testing several media and users have begun to verify a trend that would improve the privacy of this tool, preventing users from entering a number number in your address book and consult your profile of another before making contact.
At the moment this is a beta or test version of WhatsApp which is about to reach the rest of the platform Android through the usual channel that is Google Play However, the Californian company has published this version on its web page, so that early adopters or those users who can't or don't want to wait try it out. A new version that stands out for the new widgets or shortcuts, but also for this new feature that went unnoticed at first.
In such a way, and if nothing changes with respect to the version that is made public for the rest of the users of the platform Android, it will not be possible to see the profile photo of unknown users. In other words, those people who have not previously saved the number of the other user in their contact listA process that could avoid the spam or abuse that some people carry out guided by the attraction of photographythat each one publishes in the profile section, but that could also lead to an error as it is a key symbol to identify correct user after having entered the number in the agenda.
Undoubtedly a measure that can bring controversy to this widespread messaging application. Something that in WhatsApp seems like a new security measure to avoid contact from unknown users, offering an layer of privacy to the profile photo, which must always be kept in mind that it is public. Of course, for this protection system to work, it seems that all users need to use the latest version of the application, so it is possible that your implementation is gradual and prolonged over time.
At the moment there is no official information that this novelty will arrive in the Google Play version of WhatsApp soon, but it seems like a interesting measure given the criticism received for the lack of privacy of this application. We will have to wait to also know the reaction of the users, who can make a mistake in contacting by not checking their profile photo first, although they can also prevent others from contacting freely attracted only by this content of WhatsApp
The latest beta version of the application is still available via the official website of the service, still waiting to iron out the rough edges and be published on Google Play, with all its other news.
