Table of contents:
- 1. Who can find me when importing contacts by phone number
- 2. Who can be seen in the list of my friends and subscriptions
- 3. Who can call me
- 4. Who can call me in applications
- 5. Who can see my page on the Internet?
- 6. What updates do my friends see in the news
2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Check if your page is hidden from prying eyes, if your phone number is hidden and what goes to your friends' feed.
1. Who can find me when importing contacts by phone number
Finding people by phone number in VK has been far from the first year. To do this, you just need to save the number in the phone's notebook, and then import the contacts through the "Friends" tab in the mobile application of the social network. So you can see a list of pages that are tied to the numbers you have saved.
More recently, VK has a function to limit the search when importing contacts. If you haven’t heard about it yet and haven’t noticed it in the privacy settings, then by default your account should be determined when searching by number and will also be displayed for other users in the “Possible friends” section.
The social network does not demonstrate a direct connection between a phone number and a specific profile, but even so, importing contacts can be used to de-anonymize users and create databases for sending spam.
To protect yourself from the possibility of being discovered by my phone number, in the privacy settings in the line "Who can find me when importing contacts by number", you need to select the value "Nobody".
2. Who can be seen in the list of my friends and subscriptions
This option will allow you to hide someone's profile or subscription from your friends. It can be useful if you do not want your loved ones to know about your communication with some person. To activate the function, you just need to put a checkmark in front of the selected contacts and save the changes.
The option below allows you to select those friends who can see your hidden contacts. The value "Hidden friends" available in it allows the hidden contacts themselves to find themselves in the list of your friends. That is, even they themselves will not be aware that you have hidden them from someone.
3. Who can call me
At the end of April, in mobile applications of the social network, it is possible to make voice and video calls. To do this, in the chat, you need to click on the phone icon in the upper right corner. To avoid unnecessary calls bothering you, in the privacy settings, limit the list of those who can call you. This, for example, can be all your friends or only selected contacts.
4. Who can call me in applications
An invitation to one of the games on the VKontakte social network is most often not a challenge to compete, but a simple means of getting in-game buns. Sending such invitations allows you to receive additional coins, lives or all sorts of bonuses. That is why everyone who allows themselves to be called in applications falls under the distribution.
You can protect yourself from these invitations in the privacy settings of VKontakte by setting the value "Nobody" in the corresponding column.
5. Who can see my page on the Internet?
This column in the "Other" section allows you to remove your page from the usual search results, it will be displayed only when searching within the social network. If the value is set to "Everyone", then when you enter your first and last name in a Google search on the first page, one of the proposed options will include a link to your profile in VK. If you do not need it, select the value "Only for VKontakte users".
6. What updates do my friends see in the news
This privacy settings item allows you to specify what your friends need to know about. Anything you choose here will appear in their news feed. For example, if it is "Audio", then they will all know that you have added a new track. If it is "Comments", then friends will be able to see exactly where and what you commented on.
Accordingly, if you do not want to advertise your likes, new music, disputes with other users and other actions, you need to uncheck all sections.
Do not forget that at the very bottom of the privacy settings you have a link that allows you to look at your page through the eyes of unknown users or one of the selected contacts.
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