Key Highlights
WhatsApp new security update in works
View Once screenshots to be banned soon
Feature being tested with beta build
WhatsApp has been fortifying its platform with added security. Numerous users already prefer the Meta-owned instant messaging application across the globe and in India for its secure and advanced platform for texting. The app has expanded its services beyond texting and also lets users make voice and video calls on the go for Android and iPhone users. Despite offering a secure end-to-end encryption platform, WhatsApp is consistent with new security upgrades.
Recently, WhatsApp released the view once photo and video option for the users. However, this feature came with one major flaw. Any recipient of the view once message has the leverage to capture screenshots. This has been one of the biggest security concerns with the users sending view once photos with the notion of added security. But seems like WhatsApp is now working on a fix for this. Users will now be barred from capturing screenshots of the view once photos. Details are below:
WhatsApp Banning View Once Screenshots For Added Security
A fresh report shared by WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp has started testing the new security feature that will restrict all the users from capturing screenshots of the view once media files including images and videos. Currently, WhatsApp s testing this new security update with the beta version.
While there is no word on the release of the stable version, it should be around the corner. WhatsApp should announce the development via its official blog. To recap, WhatsApp released the View Once feature earlier this year to improve privacy with personal and professional chats.
The photos and videos sent using the view once option comes with a self-destruct timer that helps users maintain privacy with the data. This also puts a break on message forwarding which most of you would wish to avoid with private content.
It is still not clear if WhatsApp will notify the sender if any screenshot has been taken of the view once photo/video similar to Instagram or will ban users completely from grabbing screens. Since the feature is still under the testing phase, it would be difficult to anticipate its functionality.
Nevertheless, WhatsApp acknowledging this issue is a relief for all users who are concerned about privacy while using WhatsApp as their primary mode of online communication.
Recently I updated software of my mobile phone and also updated my whatsapp to new version and I saw new major update of disappearing photos but on whatsapp I used this feature as well in this feature we got privacy like you can see photo for some time. The irritating thing in this feature is we can take screenshot and also do screen recording this is very impactful and annoying and anyone in your contact list, whom you send photo and video, they can easily steal your information, so after getting annoying from this I started searching about this on my pc’s google so, my google took me at this blog here I read about new whatsapp security update, no more screenshots allowed with view once photos and videos on whatsapp and also WhatsApp new security update in work a view once screenshots to be banned soon. The one-time photo feature is very useful for me because the photo will disappear after seeing it when you return to chat and it doesn’t take up any space on your phone. I’ll enjoy this feature more if view once screenshots will be banned, thanks for this informative blog.