WhatsApp released the new feature it offered to Android users at the end of June for iOS users on Friday. Now, messages can disappear after users view photo and video messages once.
The app will not prevent users from taking screenshots. If “View Once” is selected while sending the message, the content will disappear from the sender’s chat and the recipient’s chat. For Android users, the feature will also be available for group chats.
“FOR MORE PRIVACY”
According to the news of WABetaInfo, in the message that the feature was introduced, “For more privacy, your photo or video will disappear from the chat once the recipient opens it. Remember, people can always take screenshots.”
On the other hand, it also reports that WhatsApp will not notify users if buyers take screenshots of the lost content. This is because there is no foolproof way to prevent users from taking screenshots, he explains, and claiming it would offer users a false sense of security.
WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have previously confirmed that they are working on this feature.
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