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On Whatsapp, it will no longer be possible to make a screenshot of ephemeral photos.
MESSAGING – Alert, news. WhatsAppvia a post from Mark Zuckerberg (the boss of Meta, the parent company of the group), announced several features that will allow us to better protect our private life. Without specifying however on what dates they will be available. In 2021, the application had launched the fleeting photos, which disappear once closed. A good idea, but useless if the person receiving the shot can make a screenshot. Well, that won’t be possible soon.
This is the application that will directly block screenshots. Needless to say, sending nudes has never been so secure. However, the risk of seeing these pictures broadcast or sent to others has not completely disappeared since there are other ways to capture this brief moment, such as photographing with another phone.
The second novelty concerns our presence in a group. Thus, other members will no longer be notified when you choose to leave it. Only the administrators will be, which will prevent all participants from being spammed. Good news for those anxious about endless group conversations. Third novelty, WhatsApp will allow you to decide who can see if you are online or not.
“As safe as face-to-face conversations”
So it would seem that our privacy ultimately matters a bit to Mark Zuckerberg who described these features as a way to make users’ posts as “safer than face-to-face conversations”.
These changes come as Meta faces increasing criticism of how its privacy features could be misused. Especially following the Cambridge analytica scandal in 2018 where the data of millions of users had been used to influence their vote – notably for Brexit and the 2016 US presidential election.
According to an article by Sky News, Mark Zuckerberg wants to make it impossible for Meta itself to read the contents of messages, similar to how it cannot access those sent on WhatsApp. But these changes have not yet been implemented.
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