New privacy controls are in development

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Most modern messaging clients make it easy to see when your friends were last online. It's a helpful clue, letting you know if you should expect a quick response. Not everyone needs to know you were up until 4 AM the previous night, though. WhatsApp is about to make it a lot easier to manage who can and can't see your profile information, including the last time you logged on.

As spotted by [WABetaInfo](https://wabetainfo.com/whatsapp-is-reworking-privacy-settings/), new privacy tools are in development to allow control over exactly who can see parts of your profile.

[Read More](https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/09/06/whatsapp-will-let-you-hide-your-online-status-from-anyone-who-cant-be-trusted/)

[WhatsApp will let you hide your online status from anyone who can't be trusted](https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/09/06/whatsapp-will-let-you-hide-your-online-status-from-anyone-who-cant-be-trusted/) was written by the awesome team at [Android Police](http://www.androidpolice.com).