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Le sujet de la protection des données chez WhatApp est actuellement très populaire. Cette chaîne de lettres a probablement fait peur à de nombreux utilisateurs du service de messagerie.
- WhatsApp changed the group chat settings?
- Can I be added to any group without consent?
- What should I do?
He says : WhatsApp secretly changed the data protection settings for newsgroups – with fatal consequences: “This means that any user of WhatsApp – even if you don't know them – can add you to any group without your knowledge or consent. “The message that is currently being sent a lot on WhatsApp looks menacing.
Users of WhatsApp are warned in the chain letter: the content could be under attack or the newsgroups could be spam.
Discussion groups WhatsApp : this is a standard parameter
What many may not know: the so-called "secret change" is a standard setting on WhatsApp. Cependant, de nombreux utilisateurs n’ont pas modifié ce paramètre depuis l’installation initiale.
Et tous les utilisateurs ne semblent pas être conscients que ceux-ci peuvent être modifiés relativement facilement. Les défenseurs de la vie privée le recommandent.
WhatsApp had already introduced data protection options for groups in 2019 to prevent spam invitations, writes “ t-line« . Avant 2019, il était en fait possible d’ajouter n’importe quel utilisateur WhatsApp to a group against their will.
Since the group setting on WhatsApp is set to "Everyone" by default, you should check it in the app and change it if necessary.
This is how you should do it if you want to change the setting to WhatsApp :
- 1. Go to Settings on WhatsApp
- 2. There on the account
- 3. Then on data protection
- 4. Then on the groups
- 5. Here you can change the setting from "everyone" to "my contacts" (mt)
