WhatsApp has announced the rollout of a new privacy setting and invite system to help you decide who can add you to random WhatsApp groups.
The chat app until now gave no control over who can add you to any WhatsApp group.
It meant anyone from your contact list could add you to any group without your permission, reports the Mirror .
In a blog announcing the update, a spokesperson for WhatsApp explained: “As people turn to groups for important conversations, users have asked for more control over their experience.
“Today, we're introducing a new privacy setting and invite system to help you decide who can add you to groups.”
How to set up Group Permissions
The new permissions can be enabled in the Settings section of the app, then Account > Privacy > Groups.
There, you’ll find three options - Everyone, My Contacts, or My Contacts Except.
My Contacts means only users you have in your address book can add you to a group, while My Contacts Except lets you pinpoint particular users who you’d prefer were unable to add you.
WhatsApp added: “In those cases, an admin who can’t add you to a group will be prompted to send a private invite through an individual chat, giving you the choice of joining the group.
“You'll have three days to accept the invite before it expires.”
The update is available from today on both iOS and Android.
