Should we be wary of the new WhatsApp rules? A message, shared regularly for several years on Metamessing but also on Facebook, ensures that “all the groups you are in are now open to everyone”.
A change to privacy settings made “last night without notice” also advances the message.
The slightly obscure text suggests that anyone could go to their WhatsApp groups, so they would no longer be confidential. Similarly, you could also be added to groups “without your knowing”.
“You and only you can change them”
Except that this information is completely false, as Meta has once again confirmed to AFP. “Her privacy settings have not changed,” a spokesperson said. “You and only you can modify them.”
WhatsApp recently even announced a new feature to protect certain conversations from public view.
Clearly, no one can join a group without being invited by the administrator of the group in question. As for the “correction” procedure proposed in the viral message, it actually allows someone who is not part of your contacts not to automatically invite you to a group.
Source: BFM TV
