Screenshot of WhatsApp single view files. – META
PARIS, Oct. 4 (Benin News / EP) –
WhatsApp began implementing an option that prevents users from taking screenshots of images and videos sent with the email service. single display setting.
In order to provide more privacy, the messaging app has come up with the single view mode for the following people prevents the recording of media files in the recipient’s “Photos” and “Gallery” sections.
Once an image or video is sent with these settings, it can only be viewed once and forwarding to other contacts is not allowed, save, highlight or share them in WhatsApp.
Currently, as the company mentions on its website, it is possible to take screenshots or recordings of the screen where we can see the media files before they disappear. In this case, the app will not notify the user who sent the file that the recipient took a screenshot to save their content to the device.
Now, WhatsApp is rolling out a feature to prevent such screenshots and block them, as reported by WABetaInfo in the latest WhatsApp for Android beta 2.22.22.3.
Therefore, if the sender has enabled this option, when the receiver goes to capture an image or record the screen, it will be saved as a black file. Also, the app will state at the bottom of the page that “it is not possible to capture due to security policy”.
This feature is limited to images and videos because, as this portal pointed out, it is always possible to take screenshots of WhatsApp conversations.
WABetaInfo reported that, for now, this feature is only available to some beta testers of the app Android operating system devices.
It should be remembered that this is not the only privacy measure offered by Meta, since a few months ago it announced the implementation of new options for leaving groups without notice and hide “online” status.
Company CEO Mark Zuckerberg said so. will be available soon to all users and that the company was working on “new ways to protect messages and keep them as private and confidential as face-to-face conversations”.