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One WhatsApp profile picture for friends, a second for everyone else.

WhatsApp lets you limit who can see your profile picture, but everyone else will see a blank icon in its place. That could change in a future update, WABetaInfo reports, with the option to set an “alternate photo and name.” So you might have the logo of your business to show non-contacts, while keeping a selfie as your profile picture for friends.

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