Method for protecting privacy of group member in group and terminal device

A method for protecting privacy of a group member in a group, comprising:

• displaying, by a terminal device, a group member list of a group in an instant messaging application, wherein the group member list comprises a first group member and a second group member;
• displaying, by the terminal device in response to a first operation used for selecting the first group member, a first phone number of the first group member, wherein the first phone number is a phone number of the first group member that is saved in an address book of the terminal device;
• displaying, by the terminal device in response to a second operation used for selecting the second group member, a profile picture or a user name of the second group member, and a control for adding a contact;
• determining, by the terminal device in response to a third operation for the control, that a second phone number of the second group member does not exist in a historical communication record of the terminal device;
• sending, by the terminal device, a first request to a cloud server in response to a third operation for the control, when the second phone number of the second group member does not exist in the historical communication record of the terminal device, wherein the first request is configured to cause the cloud server to verify that it is authorized to send the second phone number of the second group member to the terminal device;
• receiving, by the terminal device, the second phone number of the second group member from the cloud server;
• saving, by the terminal device, the second group member as a contact based on the second phone number;
• and
• displaying, by the terminal device, the second phone number of the second group member in the instant messaging application.

A terminal device, comprising:

• at least one processor, at least one memory, and one or more programs, wherein
• the one or more programs are stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprise instructions, and when the instructions are executed by the processor, the terminal device is enabled to:
• display a group member list of a group in an instant messaging application, wherein the group member list comprises a first group member and a second group member;
• display, in response to a first operation used for selecting the first group member, a first phone number of the first group member, wherein the first phone number is a phone number of the first group member that is saved in an address book of the terminal device;
• display, in response to a second operation used for selecting the second group member, a profile picture or a user name of the second group member, and a control for adding contact;
• determine, by the terminal device in response to a third operation for the control, that a second phone number of the second group member does not exist in a historical communication record of the terminal device;
• send a first request to a cloud server in response to a third operation for the control, when a second phone number of the second group member does not exist in the historical communication record of the terminal device, wherein the first request is configured to cause the cloud server to verify that it is authorized to send the second phone number of the second group member to the terminal device;
• receive the second phone number of the second group member from the cloud server;
• save the second group member as a contact based on the second phone number;
• and
• display the second phone number of the second group member in the instant messaging application.