The level of privacy that WhatsApp It is designing for its billion users all over the world: both for the Android operating systems and iOS, in fact, the new option called “is being developed”Advanced chat privacy“Which will prevent, both in individual ones but also to groups, to be able to save or share sensitive information concerning other users.
What it is about
The news was previewed by the experts of Wabetainfo who explained its operation: everyone can raise the privacy level prevent To anyone who is part of the conversation to automatically save images or videos received. “This behavior already applies to chats with messages that disappear and WhatsApp now plans to extend it to any conversation in which this privacy setting will be activated “, They explain. The new option will appear in the app settings: in English it is called “Advanced Chat Privacy“And, once activated, it will prevent a series of functions that we will now list.
What can not be done
In addition to limiting the rescue of the media, the functionality will be able to block The export of the entire chat chronology: in this way they cannot be handed down outside the app ensuring that sensitive and more delicate conversations remain in the WhatsApp universe. By limiting the export function, Meta therefore wants to reduce the risks relating to data sharing when it is not authorized, limit accidental losses and prevent the archiving of private messages outside the safe environment of the app. “In addition, all interactions with Meta Ai within the conversation they are completely disabled When advanced chat privacy is enabled “.
Safer users
In this way, those who want to protect the most intimate documents from unknown indiscreet eyes will be protected and limit themselves only to share them with those who have chosen to do it in chat. Whoever tries to save the material of others could be faced with the writing “CAN’T Auto-Save Media“, or “You cannot automatically save the media“, a sign that the option is active.”The purpose of this feature is not to block the sharing of individual messages, but of impede That entire conversations are easily exported or saved outside the app “, They added the experts. “For this reason, WhatsApp has decided not to introduce screenshot detection for chats. Even if the screenshot of the screenshots were implemented, users could still circumvent it through methods such as the use of WhatsApp Web, in which web clients do not offer certain privacy protections available on mobile apps “.
Like any option, this advanced privacy setting will be entirely optional And it can be activated or not for each single chatenabling or disabling it according to your preferences.
If it is activated, the chat user will be informed with an automatic message. A release date has not yet been established for the general public: since it is a development phase, they will still take many weeks before having it available.