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More ways to hide WhatsApp statuses from nosy family
Among efforts to enhance its privacy and security features, the Meta-owned instant messaging app recently announced that it will soon allow users to select which contacts will be able to see a user’s Profile Photo, About, and Last Seen status information within the app. The feature becomes useful for users who would want to have an image up as a profile photo or last seen but would not like all their contacts to be able to view it, like your nosy aunt or mother- in-law, for example. The WhatsApp announcement sees the platform borrowing already-existing privacy settings available for statuses. Now, these kinds of controls will be accessible to most of the information users share on the platform. To adjust settings and control who sees your information, here’s how the privacy settings can be set:
Everyone: Your last seen profile photo, about, or status will be available to all WhatsApp users.
Telegram launches premium service for R80 Instant messaging app Telegram celebrated 700 million active users with the launch of the premium version of its service. By subscribing to Telegram Premium for $4.99 or about R80 at the current exchange rate, users will have access to new features, including doubled limits on content within the app, bigger file uploads, faster downloads, and exclusive stickers and reactions, among other features. Regular Telegram users can upload large files and media up to 2GB in size. Premium subscribers will now be able to send 4GB files. This will include rich media like photos, videos, and audio, as well as large documents and other files. Premium subscribers can download media and files at the fastest possible speed. | Kyle Venktess
Will all social networks offer paid subscriptions?
My Contacts: Your last seen profile photo, about, or status will be available to your contacts from your address book only.
My Contacts Except…: Your last seen profile photo, about, or status will be available to your contacts from your address book, except those you exclude.
Nobody: Your last seen profile photo, about, or status won’t be available to anyone. The new privacy features will also build off other existing settings, such as read receipts, which, if turned off, removes the double blue tick from the sent and received messages, indicating that a text has been read on both sides of the conversation.
Snapchat may soon offer a paid, premium version of its service, off the tail-end of intentions by Twitter and other social media platforms. The photo and video…