Although there is no official way to confirm it, it is possible to find out with some social engineering and mischief.
Have you ever wondered under what name your contacts have saved you in the phonebook of your mobile phone? From the usual ‘mama’ or ‘tita’ for relatives and ‘cari’ or ‘caramelito’ for couples, it is normal to identify other people with a nickname to better locate them in the WhatsApp contact list.
It is a practical matter. In Spain it is inevitable to meet dozens of people called Antonio, María or Paco, extremely common names. There are those who decide to give them their last name, but that is too formal and it is more common to baptize acquaintances with some tagline such as ‘Juan work’ or ‘Paqui university’.
If you have ever wondered how they have added you, you should know that officially there is no way to find out, since it is information stored locally on the device of the person in question and, privately, in a copy in the cloud of your calendar data. So be very careful about installing a third-party application that promises to get you that information, possibly it is a scam or malicious software.
But the fact that there is no mechanism that allows you to know what name they have saved you with does not mean that there is not a trick to find out with some social engineering and a bit of mischief. The method consists of asking the other person to share your contact card with you through a WhatsApp chat, using some strange excuse such as that you need to check some functionality of the mobile or that your agenda is giving you problems and you need to share it with a third party. person.
It should be stressed that it is not enough for you to write your number, you have to share the complete contact card, using the three-point menu in the upper right corner. If he agrees to do so, in the information that he shares with you, you will be able to see how he has saved you in his contact list, in addition to your profile picture and other information, if any.
More than a technical trick, this method is a small ruse whose success depends on the self-confidence with which the conversation with the other person is handled, which probably does not matter to him or realize that this will reveal how he has you. identified.
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