WhatsApp has revealed it will likely be introducing a brand new function that makes certain customers cannot take screenshots of View As soon as messages. These time-sensitive messages, because the identify suggests, lets WhatsApp customers ship a photograph or video that may solely be considered as soon as by the recipient. Nevertheless, till now WhatsApp customers may get round this by taking screenshots of those messages.
This loophole not solely goes in opposition to the spirit of this function, but additionally may trigger misery for the sender, particularly in the event that they did not realise a screengrab of the message could possibly be taken.
Nevertheless, the Meta-owned app has now revealed it’s taking motion on this – in addition to introducing different privacy-related options.
Moreover blocking screengrabs of time-sensitive messages, WhatsApp will even quickly let folks depart group chats silently and management who can see their on-line standing.
These new options will start rolling out to WhatsApp customers within the UK in August.
Talking about these inbound new options, Meta chief government Mark Zuckerberg mentioned: “We’ll preserve constructing new methods to guard your messages and preserve them as non-public and safe as face-to-face conversations.”
The brand new screenshot blocking function emulates Snapchat, who’ve lengthy let customers ship time-sensitive messages that self destruct.
Snapchat although has lengthy stopped different customers from taking screenshots of those doubtlessly compromising messages, one thing WhatsApp did not emulate when it launched View As soon as messages final yr.
On Snapchat if a consumer tries to take a screenshot of a self destructing message the sender shall be notified of this exercise.
WhatsApp hasn’t mentioned if their model of this function will even notify the sender.
However the chat app has revealed when somebody makes an attempt to take a screenshot of a View As soon as message they’re going to be blocked and see the ‘screenshot was blocked for added privateness’ seem on their display.
Different privateness options that WhatsApp will roll in August helps make sure that folks can depart a bunch chat “with out making it a giant deal to everybody”.
As an alternative of everybody being notified of somebody leaving the group solely the admins shall be notified.
WhatsApp can be including a brand new ‘stealth’ mode that may allow you to restrict which contacts can see whenever you’re on-line.
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