How WhatsApp privacy really works
The new WhatsApp privacy measures have already reached both Android users like those of iPhone Features that allow you to display only the profile information you want to your preferred contacts. But is it really that cash? Was it what users were waiting for a long time? Although this is good news, many people may find over time that is not as effective a measure as they would like
Currently, with the new measures the user can control who sees the last connection, his profile photo and his status phrase To do this, simply go to the menu Settings, access in Account info and select these options within Privacy, the new menu included after the latest service updates. When selecting any of these three options, a menu is displayed where you can choose All, so that any user can know this information; My contacts, if you want to limit those users you have added to your contact list; or Nobody, to avoid publishing this personal information.
The problem is that until everyone updates their application, no matter how much you protect your information with these features, will not take effect for those with older versions of WhatsAppBut there are more issues to consider. Thus, the function last minute, one of the most criticized and tricked for its connotations and privacy, does not seem to fully satisfy the needs of the most users either. jealous of their privacy
And if someone hoped to prevent their contacts from knowing their movements or knowing if they were active in the application, they are very wrong . Being able to hide the last connection function from everyone means removing this data under your name in conversations. That is, prevent the display of the time in which it was last active. However, this does not prevent the user, when accessing the application to read messages or write them to other people, from not showing Online for all of them. Something that will annoy many who hoped to avoid giving explanations or going unnoticed in said application.
This is why, at the moment, the most effective way to avoid being detected actively in the application is stillcut off all Internet connections, log in to read and reply to messages, log out and reactivate data or WiFi Otherwise, any contact that is attentive will be able to see under the caller's name the label Online, despite the fact that the caller has configured the function Last connected so no one can see you
It is appreciated that the user of this application has more features to be able to configure and adjust which profile data is exposed and to which people However, WhatsApp still has a long way to go before it can be considered a truly private tool It is clear that his desire is communication, and the main mission of this tool is not to hide or deceive, but toconvey
