Take better control of your online presence. It is with this objective that the WhatsApp secure messaging application deploys a new update this August that allows the mention “seen in” to be hidden from certain previously selected contacts.
According to The Verge, a WhatsApp user will now be able to choose which of their close contacts can see their last time online. Convenient when you want to read a message without the interlocutor knowing that this is the case. This new feature complements another, the ability to hide your “Online” status, which means that WhatsApp is open in the foreground on a device.
Reinforce discretion and confidentiality.
Last December, WhatsApp implemented, by default, hiding the “Online” status only from numbers that do not belong to a user’s contact list. But that didn’t stop his relatives from seeing his presence on the app. Since the two features are linked, this will no longer be the case with this update.
Furthermore, WhatsApp is also launching a handy feature that will allow you to discreetly leave chat groups. Currently, the application openly informs each member of a group about the departure of one of the participants. A situation that can prompt some to wonder about the reason for this departure and cause misunderstandings.
The equivalent of “Irish bye-bye”, an expression meaning to leave a party without telling anyone, this new feature aims to avoid the awkward moments that can accompany leaving a chat. Finally, WhatsApp also announces that it is working on a way to avoid single-use screenshots of photos, videos or messages, these means that, like Snapchat, disappear from the discussion once opened by their recipient.
Source: BFM TV
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