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13 replies

HildegardNightingale · 07/10/2021 11:19

Posting this here so everyone will know. Check your WhatsApp privacy setting. Mines gone from being my contacts to everyone. It was an update last night.

OP posts:
BakingOfTheFoodCats · 07/10/2021 11:20

Mine hasn’t changed

yikersvipers · 07/10/2021 11:20

This is a hoax.

Merryoldgoat · 07/10/2021 11:21

Ffs how do people still fall for this stuff?

HildegardNightingale · 07/10/2021 11:22

Mine wasn’t a hoax, it had been changed.

OP posts:
BakingOfTheFoodCats · 07/10/2021 11:23

Fall for what 😕 what’s there to gain?

sparepantsandtoothbrush · 07/10/2021 11:31

I don't know if mine has been changed or if I just hadn't realised there were privacy settings on WhatsApp. But either way I've sorted it now so thanks OP

londonrach · 07/10/2021 11:49

Nothings changed.... Did you look at your settings prior to yesterday... because it always been set as such. Really useful too as I've got a mums friend group and some mums could be added as they not friends of mine but my friends but we all help each other

yikersvipers · 07/10/2021 11:52

It wouldn't have changed itself. If your setting weren't how you want them, they've always been that way.

SoupDragon · 07/10/2021 11:52

Yeah... mine still says "my contacts".

SoniaFouler · 07/10/2021 11:54

Fake News! (Doesn’t stop people spreading it though).

SoniaFouler · 07/10/2021 11:56

@HildegardNightingale

Mine wasn’t a hoax, it had been changed.
It hasn’t been changed - the default has ALWAYS been “my contacts”. If yours wasn’t, it’s because YOU changed them before.

It’s a setting to allow others to add you to groups. If it’s set to “my contacts”, only people from your contacts can add you to a group. Some people like this setting. Others don’t. That’s all.

BurntO · 07/10/2021 11:58

A hoax? All mine were set to everyone and they have been set as contact only for as long as I know. No idea If it is down to an update or not as I didn’t notice it updating but I’m still grateful to OP Thank you OP

Cas112 · 07/10/2021 12:30

Thanks, mine had changed.

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