Another news is coming from WhatsApp. After the recent controversy over privacy and personal data protection, the instant messaging giant has decided to go a step further. In fact, to give users an extra guarantee, a novelty has been developed that will concern multimedia files.
Soon the photos on WhatsApp will self-destruct. That’s right. To drop the bomb is Wabetainfo who talks about this change with a view to strengthening the privacy on the material that users exchange through the platform.
In this period there is a lot of talk about the migration of many users from WhatsApp to other instant messaging services. First of all Signal e Telegram which these days have experienced a real boom in download.
The latest move to counter this situation
It is precisely to face this crisis situation that WhatsApp has decided to set up this upgrade.
What does it consist of
There is no definitive news yet as the news is still very fresh. In recent days, however, some information has emerged. With this new feature, the user would be given the option to set a timer to match the photos they send.
After the set time has elapsed, the photos would self-destruct and would no longer be available to the recipient. Obviously, those who leave a chat and, when the timer has expired, access it again, will no longer be able to see the multimedia contents. If the upgrade is confirmed, then, soon the photos on WhatsApp will self-destruct.
There is a flaw
The problem is that, as the more experienced users have already thought, there is still the possibility of taking a screenshot of the photos in question. This problem has not yet been remedied, but who knows that WhatsApp technicians are not devising a solution for this problem as well.
An increasingly felt theme
The issue of privacy is increasingly felt today. By now the biggest thefts of the new millennium are technological ones. Cases of data theft or cyber attacks by web hackers are increasingly common. Defending yourself from these attacks, and defending your privacy in general, is an asset to be protected by any means possible. We await the next news.
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