The developers of this controversial app can have access to personal information, such as contact lists, photos, IP addresses, among others
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Trick to find out how someone has been saved on WhatsApp without using GetContact. (photo: Trome)
Thousands of users of WhatsApp, the most popular instant messaging application in the world, after a trick became a trend on social networks that allows you to find out the name or nickname that your friends gave you in the agenda of your smartphone.
Unlike other methods that exist in the < /b>internet, this works on Android and iPhone, and does not require the user to install Getcontact or any other unknown app.< /b>The aforementioned is emphasized because it is already known by cybersecurity experts that users should not not install this software, as it could steal personal information.
Before learning the trick to know how someone was saved on WhatsApp from another cell phone, Infobae will explain everything about GetContact. At the end of the note, there will be the trick without using the mentioned application.
What is GetContact
GetContact is a caller ID like TrueCaller. Its main objective is to filter unwanted calls, warning the user that they are receiving a communication from a robot or a telephone exchange.
However, its great differential for which it has become famous again is that the app promises users to be able to know how other users of the same app register them even if they are not in our contact list.
GetContact. (photo: Technifiser.com)
To do this, it is simply necessary to create an account with a phone number and these functions will be accessible. Precisely this function is so popular that the app itself allows you to share it in WhatsApp states, TikTok videos or Stories from Instagram.
However, it should be noted that these tags are only available between users have the app. It would not be possible to know how a person has one scheduled on his cell phone if he does not have GetContact .
Its function does not stop there. It’s a free service, but if you want tools like knowing who sees your tags, how many people have searched for your number, and more.
Then GetContact is safe or not
From GetContact they ensure that there is total control of the same user over their privacy: it will be possible to see how the profile information is displayed and what information is visible to others in the community.
They also state that “they do not sell personal information to third parties.” According to the app’s website, its form of monetization is through Google and advertisements. Facebook, in addition to the Premium subscriptions of some users.
Precisely for this, when logging into this type of application, information is granted so that the app segments its users and offers products according to individual characteristics.
GetContact also ensures that “it does not have the technical or operational capacity to process or upload address book data outside of our explicit legitimate purposes.”
GetContact. (photo: Kaspersky)
But, through a statement, the cybersecurity company Kaspersky revealed that users who downloaded Getcontact are authorizing the developers of this controversial app to have access to their personal information, such as contact lists, photos, IP addresses, among others.
“When you accept the terms, you not only transfer your personal data to the application, but also those of your colleagues and friends.” “It is clear that you have to pay a price to obtain all these advantages: the application can access your contacts, it wants all the names and numbers you have”, says the cybersecurity company.
So, knowing this, it will be better to delete the app if it is downloaded to a cell phone. If you want to remove the number from the database, it is not enough to uninstall the app. In the case of GetContact, you have to go to http://getcontact.com/manage: Login > Visibility Settings > Deactivate.
GetContact. (Photo: Depor)
This way you can find out how they saved my contact on WhatsApp without using Getcontact
So, the moment has arrived. Although not many believe it, there is a method that allows WhatsApp users, whether they are Android or iPhone, to know how their friends decided to save them in the agenda of their phone. The best thing about this trick is that it does not require installing any app; however, some persuasion is required.
You will have to convince the WhatsApp contact in question to send your number yourself, but not as a text message , but do it through the ‘Share contact’ option.
To do this, press the clip and select this feature. Only in this way will it be possible to know if they gave one their first and last name, or a nickname.