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by thisislife2 142 days ago
Could you clarify - What has been implemented as opt-in by WhatsApp to act as a hurdle?
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odo1242 142 days ago
Receiving message requests from third-party users. So you have to get the person you know to flip a toggle before they get the message.
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thisislife2 142 days ago
Is this a per-contact setting or a "universal" one?
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zeeZ 142 days ago
It's a universal setting. You have to enable it per third-party app, though. You get to choose whether you want to see them listed with WhatsApp chats or in a separate folder
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progval 142 days ago
It's universal, but you need to whitelist specific apps people can message you from. This is what it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/0gKY76z.png
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odo1242 142 days ago
Account-wide. Though you can only turn it on in Europe.
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benj111 142 days ago
When you say Europe you mean the EU? I'm not seeing an option in the UK. (Yay Brexit)
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riffraff 142 days ago
Yeah it's the EU, this is a result of the DMA regulation. I suppose the British government could enact a similar regulation tho.
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dfajgljsldkjag 142 days ago
Each whatsapp user needs to enable the setting once to allow chats with multiple number of third party users.
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