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If you are regular user of WhatsApp you will know that, from time to time, new virals, hoaxes and all kinds of absurd information appear. In fact, WhatsApp has been working on mechanisms to combat classic chains for some time with measures such as the one that allows us to know how many times a message has been forwarded. However, the new and latest viral that has become fashionable on Twitter is the most absurd thing we've seen in a long time.
It's about the neighbors of number, something that, as you understand, is ridiculous.
What is a neighbor number?
Your WhatsApp number neighbor is the person who has the same phone number as you, but with a different last number. Therefore, you can have up to 9 neighbors with different numbers and what people do, with this new challenge, is talk to them on WhatsApp. Does it make any sense? Of course not, because it's also a dangerous challenge that can put you in contact with people who don't have good intentions or people you don't know at all.
If your number is 666777883, your number neighbors would be 666777882, 666777881, 666777884 and so on until completing all the combinations. At TuExperto we recommend that, if your neighbor's number calls you, ignore this conversation but in addition to that we would like to give you a little trick so that your neighbor's number does not can see neither your WhatsApp profile picture nor your status.
How can I prevent my number's neighbor from seeing information about me?
Obviously, it will be impossible for your number not to have it because if you are "lucky" that your neighbor with a number has a number like yours, he will write to you without any sense. However, if you don't talk to him and this is not shown any information such as your profile picture, your information or your statuses it will be impossible for him to know who you are, what do you do or have any information about you.
This is how you can hide your WhatsApp profile picture and information from strangers
In the following lines we explain how to hide all this information. It is a very simple process that will not take you more than a minute. These are the steps:
- Enter WhatsApp and open the menu to enter Settings.
- Click on the section Account.
- Now, tap on Privacy. You will see several fields, and the important ones are:
- Time of last. time: We recommend that you enable this setting for No one, although if you leave it in My Contacts only those numbers you have in your phonebook will be able to know the last time you connected.
- Profile photo: We think it is essential to set it to My Contacts. In this way, those you do not have in your calendar will not be able to see your WhatsApp profile photo.
- Info: also set this section to My contacts, making it impossible for anyone to see your profile info unless you have added it ( what in the past we all knew as the WhatsApp status).
- Status: the most important, enable this setting so that only your contacts can see your statuses, because if you share information with a stranger about your private life, not only will your privacy be compromised, but your neighbor or anyone else will be able to know who you are, what you do and even what you are doing (if you usually share statuses on WhatsApp).
If you adjust everything as we have indicated, you will prevent any number neighbor from seeing anything about you. The only thing he can do is talk to you, but if you want to block him, all you have to do is click on the bubble that will be displayed at the top of the conversation (when a number that speaks to you you do not have). It will be in the Privacy section, in which you can check if you have blocked contacts. If the person insists or is getting on your nerves, it is the best option. A blocked contact will not be able to send you messages.
We remind you that your number neighbor on WhatsApp can be someone who is simply trying to be funny but could also be a person with bad intentions. For this reason, we recommend that you ignore the messages that it sends you, no matter how nice it is. Or at least not give out any information about yourself if you decide to talk to him.
If you want to laugh for a while you can take a look at the tweets on this topic. We share one with you below. There are very funny cases.
I think my number neighbor is a bit dim. pic.twitter.com/OR9SAMBRmb
- JAMSO (@jamsito) August 3, 2019
