WhatsApp to STOP you from taking screenshots of chats
With several mobile applications to choose from and most of them having or requiring access to your personal information, protecting privacy is something very important. The app had earlier introduced the View Once feature through which users can send photos and videos that disappear from their WhatsApp chat after the recipient has opened them once. However, it was possible to take a screenshot of the same. But now, in order to provide added privacy and security, WhatsApp has announced that it will be introducing a new feature which will ensure that users will not be able to take screenshots of View Once messages.
The feature is currently under testing and will be rolled out soon. Informing about the same WhatsApp said in a blog post, "View Once is already an incredibly popular way to share photos or media that don't need to have a permanent digital record. Now we're enabling screenshot blocking for View Once messages for an added layer of protection. We're testing this feature now and are excited to roll it out to users soon."
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Other than Screenshot Blocking for View Once Messages, WhatsApp will also soon roll out two other features. First, users will be able to leave groups silently and second, users can choose who can see when them when they are online. Both these features will be rolled out this month (August).
It can be known that this is not the first time when an app has come up with a screenshot blocking feature. Snapchat also lets its users send time-sensitive messages that self destruct and does not allow users to take screenshots of the same. If a user tries to take a screenshot of a self destructing message, Snapchat informs the sender of the
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