On WhatsApp the advanced privacy of the chats is coming: what it is and how it works
During the development phase, a new privacy function to avoid automatic rescue of multimedia content and the export of chat with sensitive content.
The features for Protect privacy on WhatsAppare already different. For some time now it is possible, for example, hide your presence online or if you have read a message (the famous blue check). Not to count The most recent option to create secret chat. Now, according to the rumors of the blog Wabeta infoMeta is working on a new update dedicated precisely to the safety of the content of users, called Advanced chat privacy.
How advanced chat privacy works
In the update for Android of the beta version of the messaging app, a new function is hidden that will allow users to activate an option that will ban to other users – be they contacts in a private chat or participating in a group – of export or automatically save multimedia content which are shared in the chat itself. And therefore, photos, videos or files can be viewed from the other person but not saved in the gallery of another device. Not only that: the advanced privacy mode also provides the ban on exporting the conversation.
When someone will enable or deactivate advanced privacy, A message will be shown that will notify the event to the conversation participants. From that moment all users will know that the contents will not be archived on their device. When someone tries to save a file or export the chat, An error message will be displayedlike the following:
