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      <title>What’s new on WhatsApp’s Privacy Recipes?</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WhatsApp, an online messaging service, has launched a new feature catering to the privacy needs of its more than two billion users in over 180 countries.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“You’re in control of who sees you,” it said in a Twitter thread as it began multiple layers of protection service. WhatsApp, which joined Facebook in 2014, continues to operate as a separate app.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;    &lt;figure class='media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch    media--uneven  media--stretch'&gt;
        &lt;div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '&gt;&lt;span&gt;
    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/WhatsApp/status/1593724181761462273?"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The two billion users also include tennis greats, like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. The three players are in regular contact through a WhatsApp group, &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.the-sun.com/sport/tennis/499808/nadal-federer-djokovic-whatsapp-group-chat/"&gt;according to Nadal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First layer of protection: online presence&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This feature allows user to control who can see online status. “So you can chat without all your contacts knowing you’re there.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Second layer of protection: status privacy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It lets users to decide who sees status updates&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Third layer of protection: profile photo privacy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This feature lets user profile stay under the radar by hiding selected profile photo from select users — or everyone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Final layer of protection for this combo: read receipts&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It allows users to decide who can see when you viewed a message. They can turn off read receipts in settings at any time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“With these layers of privacy protection combined, you’re practically in stealth mode,” it said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Thursday its WhatsApp messaging service will introduce a commercial directory and test a payments tool in Brazil, as it bets on business messaging as a potential fresh source of revenue, &lt;em&gt;Reuters&lt;/em&gt; reported.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“The ultimate goal here is to make it so you can find, message and buy from a business all in the same WhatsApp chat,” Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a video shown at a WhatsApp summit in Sao Paolo.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The directory will allow users to find companies with business messaging accounts on WhatsApp, enabling easier access to customer service chats, Meta said in a blog post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Users previously needed to add a phone number to their contacts or click a link on a separate platform to open a chat with a business. The company started testing the directory in Sao Paolo last year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There were mixed reactions to the new features on Twitter, with many users appreciating and others comparing it to other mobile applications.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '&gt;&lt;span&gt;
    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ertugrulcoinn/status/1593724314624344065?"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    &lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This user wondered why WhatsApp was following Snapchat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“If I wanna be that private I’ll just use Snapchat. What’s app suppose to be about close friends and family why be so secretive like that,” she said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;    &lt;figure class='media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch    media--uneven  media--stretch'&gt;
        &lt;div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '&gt;&lt;span&gt;
    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/mrachadinha/status/1593757705482604545?"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
        
    &lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One user came up with suggestions to add more features like “edit messages, the capacity of having previous group messages while joining the group in between, scheduling messages, ensuring if a group message is sent late due to network issues and some messages come in between, arrange the messages in order of their sending.”&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '&gt;&lt;span&gt;
    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Hareesh936/status/1593724972429586434?"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This one highlighted the issues he faced.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '&gt;&lt;span&gt;
    &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"&gt;
        &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/habert_aboce/status/1593777195293761536?"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>WhatsApp, an online messaging service, has launched a new feature catering to the privacy needs of its more than two billion users in over 180 countries.</strong></p>
<p>“You’re in control of who sees you,” it said in a Twitter thread as it began multiple layers of protection service. WhatsApp, which joined Facebook in 2014, continues to operate as a separate app.</p>
<p>    <figure class='media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch    media--uneven  media--stretch'>
        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
        <a href="https://twitter.com/WhatsApp/status/1593724181761462273?"></a>
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</span></div>
        
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<p>The two billion users also include tennis greats, like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. The three players are in regular contact through a WhatsApp group, <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.the-sun.com/sport/tennis/499808/nadal-federer-djokovic-whatsapp-group-chat/">according to Nadal</a>.</p>
<p>First layer of protection: online presence</p>
<p>This feature allows user to control who can see online status. “So you can chat without all your contacts knowing you’re there.”</p>
<p>Second layer of protection: status privacy</p>
<p>It lets users to decide who sees status updates</p>
<p>Third layer of protection: profile photo privacy</p>
<p>This feature lets user profile stay under the radar by hiding selected profile photo from select users — or everyone.</p>
<p>Final layer of protection for this combo: read receipts</p>
<p>It allows users to decide who can see when you viewed a message. They can turn off read receipts in settings at any time.</p>
<p>“With these layers of privacy protection combined, you’re practically in stealth mode,” it said.</p>
<p>Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Thursday its WhatsApp messaging service will introduce a commercial directory and test a payments tool in Brazil, as it bets on business messaging as a potential fresh source of revenue, <em>Reuters</em> reported.</p>
<p>“The ultimate goal here is to make it so you can find, message and buy from a business all in the same WhatsApp chat,” Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a video shown at a WhatsApp summit in Sao Paolo.</p>
<p>The directory will allow users to find companies with business messaging accounts on WhatsApp, enabling easier access to customer service chats, Meta said in a blog post.</p>
<p>Users previously needed to add a phone number to their contacts or click a link on a separate platform to open a chat with a business. The company started testing the directory in Sao Paolo last year.</p>
<p>There were mixed reactions to the new features on Twitter, with many users appreciating and others comparing it to other mobile applications.</p>
<p>    <figure class='media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch    media--uneven  media--stretch'>
        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
        <a href="https://twitter.com/ertugrulcoinn/status/1593724314624344065?"></a>
    </blockquote>
</span></div>
        
    </figure></p>
<p>This user wondered why WhatsApp was following Snapchat.</p>
<p>“If I wanna be that private I’ll just use Snapchat. What’s app suppose to be about close friends and family why be so secretive like that,” she said.</p>
<p>    <figure class='media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch    media--uneven  media--stretch'>
        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
        <a href="https://twitter.com/mrachadinha/status/1593757705482604545?"></a>
    </blockquote>
</span></div>
        
    </figure></p>
<p>One user came up with suggestions to add more features like “edit messages, the capacity of having previous group messages while joining the group in between, scheduling messages, ensuring if a group message is sent late due to network issues and some messages come in between, arrange the messages in order of their sending.”</p>
<p>    <figure class='media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch    media--uneven  media--stretch'>
        <div class='media__item  media__item--twitter  '><span>
    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
        <a href="https://twitter.com/Hareesh936/status/1593724972429586434?"></a>
    </blockquote>
</span></div>
        
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<p>This one highlighted the issues he faced.</p>
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        <a href="https://twitter.com/habert_aboce/status/1593777195293761536?"></a>
    </blockquote>
</span></div>
        
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:45:38 +0500</pubDate>
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