If you use the WhatsApp single display messages for what we are all thinking, this news interests you. The courier service Its testing a function to prevent users from take screenshots of both photos and videos configured to see only once.
Las images y self-destructing messages are a relatively new feature in the service, but they have converted in a way popular of share photos and videos that you do not want other people to store on their devices, either for privacy, for security or to reduce your trail digital one Iinternet.
A few days ago, Mark Zuckerberg announced new privacy features for whatsapp, which included the blocking of catches screen for single display messages. The idea is simple: when this function is available, neither you nor the users to whom send ephemeral messages will be able to take screenshots of photos and videos that can only ben see once.
According to WABetaInfothis function was already in development for the beta of WhatsApp for iOS, and today traces have been found in the beta of WhatsApp for Android. Between these traces, there is a new screen which explains to users that single view photos cannot be shared, forwarded, copied or save, nor you may make them a screenshot.
When a user tries take a screenshot of these images with your phone, you will see a warning message what does it say: “For added security, the screenshot was blocked”, or something similar. Unlike Instagram single view imagesthe sender will not receive a notification when the receiver does a screenshot: The capture it will be blocked directly.
Although there isn’t one date defined for the arrival of this function, the fact that traces are already beginning to be seen in the public betas suggests it shouldn’t take long to arrive. Of course, even if screenshots are blocked, your contacts they will always be able to use another device to record ephemeral images, so sending sensitive images via WhatsApp will continue to pose a risk that they will remain recorded by the other person.
