Protecting Your IP Address in WhatsApp Calls: How to Set Privacy & Other WhatsApp Privacy Settings

KOMPAS.com – Internet Protocol (IP) address or IP address is a unique address that identifies a device on the internet or local network.

It is a set of rules that govern the format of data sent over the internet that allows information to be sent between devices on a network.

The IP address contains location information and makes the device accessible for communication. This is an important part of how the internet works.

The Internet needs a way to differentiate between different computers, routers, and websites. and IP addresses provide a way to do this.

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For users who care deeply about privacy, you can choose to protect the IP address in WhatsApp calls as an additional layer of privacy.

Quoted from the WhatsApp Help Center page, this privacy setting works by forwarding all your calls through the WhatsApp server.

This means that your call will not be connected directly and will avoid disclosing the IP address to the contacted user.

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How to protect the IP Address of WhatsApp calls

Here’s how to set privacy regarding IP addresses when making WhatsApp calls:

Open the WhatsApp application on your cellphone Go to the “Settings” menu, then select the “Privacy’ option Click the “Advanced” menu option Turn on the “Protect IP address in calls” option. You can also turn it back off at any time.

For the record, group calls will always be forwarded via the WhatsApp server by default.

And as always, your calls on WhatsApp will be end-to-end encrypted. No one, not even WhatsApp, can hear it.

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How to set other WhatsApp privacy

WhatsApp by default sets privacy settings so that each user can see profile photos, user information, read reports and status updates.

For this reason, you need to make adjustments regarding WhatsApp privacy settings. Here are the steps:

Open the WhatsApp application on your cellphone Click the “Settings” menu Select the “Privacy” option. There will be a number of options that you can set according to your needs, such as: Who sees your last seen and online information Who sees your profile photo Who sees your profile information Who saw your status updates Read reports Adding you to Groups Please turn on or turn off the privacy settings according to your needs.

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If you don’t share your ‘last seen’ or online status, you won’t be able to see other users’ ‘last seen’ or online status either.

Then when you turn off ‘read reports’, you won’t be able to see other users’ read reports either. However, this does not apply to group chats.

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2023-11-14 07:15:00
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