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  • WhatsApp introduces new privacy controls for users

    WhatsApp introduces new privacy controls for users

    WhatsApp has introduced a new privacy setting and invite system that will help users to decide who can add them to groups, Dawn reported.

    According to the details, the tech giant Facebook in a statement said, “WhatsApp groups continue to connect family, friends, coworkers, classmates and more. 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”.

    With the new control features, users will have more control over the group messages they receive. The press release also said that these new privacy settings will begin rolling out to some users starting today and will be available worldwide in the coming days to those using the latest version of WhatsApp”.

    How to enable new settings:

    To enable them,

    • Go to settings in the app.
    • Tap account > privacy > groups
    • Select one of three options: ‘everyone’, ‘my contacts’, or ‘my contacts except’.

    “The users will have three days to accept the invite before it expires,” the statement said.

    Media Matters for Democracy Director Sadaf Khan welcomed the decision, saying: “Developing new ways to increase consumers’ control is a positive step.”

    She also expressed the hope that WhatsApp will continue to empower consumers with tools that help them define their own information experience in “an active and informed manner”.

  • Facebook rolls out dark mode for desktop

    Facebook has begun rolling out a new interface for desktop users, with an optional dark mode in addition to the traditional white design, Tech Radar reported.

    According to the details, after logging into the desktop site, some users have reported seeing a pop-up asking whether they would like to try the new design, which is referred to as ‘Facebook Beta’.

    Since the new update is on trial bases, therefore it is only available for a few people. The users who were invited to use the new interface have shared screenshots of the dark mode and they reveal that there are few problems with the new update.

    Users are facing problems in reading the text in the new dark mode on the desktop, so people who accepted the invitation and currently using the new interface.

    But they can also revert their decision by simply going to the quick settings option through your picture in the top right corner.

    Earlier in the Developer conference, the social media giant had announced to bring a new interface for Android and Desktop users just like Twitter. The dark mode, however, is not yet available to the Facebook mobile app users.

  • Fake Pakistani woman ‘lures’ Indian soldier into sharing top-secret info over Facebook

    Fake Pakistani woman ‘lures’ Indian soldier into sharing top-secret info over Facebook

    An Indian soldier has been arrested for passing information on troop movements and military exercises to an alleged Pakistani spy, who “honey trapped” him on social media.

    Honey trapping is an investigative practice that uses romantic relationships for political or monetary gains.

    According to India Today, the 26-year-old havildar, posted in an infantry battalion in Madhya Pradesh, was reportedly charmed into sharing the information by a Pakistani woman whose profile claimed she was an international journalist.

    As they chatted “regularly” on Facebook and WhatsApp, he began supplying her with sensitive information on military maneuvers, eventually even receiving assignments regarding what information to provide.

    The soldier was finally arrested on Thursday after six months’ surveillance by military intelligence.

    There has been a surge in the number of Indian soldiers that are tricked by Facebook accounts being operated from within Pakistan into revealing sensitive information, including troop and tank movements.

    According to a CNN report, Indian soldiers are “honey trapped” into giving sensitive information to fake Pakistani Facebook accounts which highlights the widespread “catfishing” problem facing India’s military.