By Chris Skeldon 
It is the latest addition to the WhatsApp application and is available to all users.
From now on, the platform will hide the user’s online status to give him more privacy and avoid unwanted interactions.
Invisible call status for unknown user contacts
WhatsApp is launching a new feature for all users that will prove to be very useful and will respond to the requests of many. From now on, the platform will hide your online status from unknown contacts.
To do this, the platform changes the default settings of the application. In other words, before it is selected by default, all WhatsApp users can see the last time you were online. But now with the settings changed, only your contacts will know the last time you were online.
Contacts designated by strangers are those who are not in your contact list or users you have not had a conversation with on the platform.
Therefore, pay attention to sensitive contacts, such as work. If they are part of your number list or if you are already in a chat group, your status will be visible to all those contacts.
The new feature aims to increase the privacy of WhatsApp users
The new feature aims to protect and increase the privacy of users of the chat platform. According to WABetaInfo website, many third-party apps are abusing WhatsApp users’ online status.
By “tweaking” the settings set by default, as it were, third-party apps would no longer be able to perform these bad practices.
Automatically delete and encrypt messages on WhatsApp platform
But for some time now, the chat app is offering more privacy options. Recently, for example, WhatsApp automatically deletes messages after a period of time specified by the user.
On the other hand, more and more actions can be encrypted within the platform. Gradually, users are allowed to encrypt the backup of the conversations taking place on WhatsApp.
Meta, formerly known as Facebook and owner of the app, makes frequent updates to the platform, in order to offer more features to its users, as well as provide as much privacy as possible.
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