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langley241

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I downladed whatsapp, i was asked if i wanted it to check contacts of who had the app, i now have a list of favourites but some people who have the app are not shown, all it does is prompt me to request they join.....any ideas
 

Etermonk

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Last time I checked, there were unfortunately no options to opt out from certain or any listings of your friends' Whatsapp. What is a bit disturbing is that while being a very useful messaging tool, Whatsapp has potential privacy holes which I am not exactly sure about.

Here is a scenario - I have 600 friends on Facebook - I have synced my iPhone contacts and Facebook through the Facebook app. I have also synced my iPhone contacts to my Gmail where I have a minimum of 320 more or less separate contacts.

Now Whatsapp has brough my phone number exposed to all these contacts at the same time. And trust me, I have never shared my cell number with that many people as this is more or less of a private detail.

I just don't know how to prevent certain people from my various contact circles from automatically finding me on Whatsapp and learning about my cellphone number. I cannot just delete the contacts I don't wish to have me on Whatsapp from my iPhone.
 

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