No-one desires to be added to random teams with out your permission, but it is a frequent characteristic in various messaging companies.
WABetaInfo studies that WhatsApp is lastly rolling out globally their Group Privacy characteristic, which might give customers extra management over who can add then to group chats.
Users now have one among three choices for who can add then to a bunch: “Nobody”, “My Contacts”, or “Everyone”. “Nobody” means you’ll must approve becoming a member of each group to which you’re invited, and “My Contacts” means solely customers you’ve in your tackle e-book can add you to teams.
In these instances, the particular person including you to a bunch will probably be prompted to ship a personal invite by a person chat, providing you with the selection of becoming a member of the group. You’ll have three days to just accept the invite earlier than it expires.
Testing of the characteristic began in April in India and it’s now going international. It requires WhatsApp Build 2.19.110.20 for iOS and can be obtainable for Android.
To allow the characteristic, go to Settings in your app, then faucet Account > Privacy > Groups.
