WhatsAppan application and social network currently owned by Facebook, has become one of the most used in the world. In fact, in addition to the ease it offers to have conversations with family or friends, there are several functions it presents so that users enjoy the experience to the fullest.
In this sense, there are certain aspects that everyone must comply with to avoid security risks. For some time now, many users have noticed that they can no longer take screenshots of certain elements that they previously could. An example of this are the profile photos of contactsboth on the Android and iOS operating systems.
The digital chat platform, after being acquired by the company Goalreceives frequent updates, as they look for different ways to protect information of the users who use the application. In turn, all this is due to the multiple scams and frauds that appear on the platform every day, whose main objective is to harm the reliability of the social network.
Prevent them from taking screenshots of your profile photo
Previously, there was already the option of send photos, videos and audios only to view once, without the possibility of taking a screenshot or sending it to another person. For this reason, they have now decided to implement a new feature that blocks screenshots to profile photos that users have.
However, it is important to remember that everyone has the option to restrict who can see their profile photo in the ‘Privacy’adjusting it so that only your contacts can see it and not anyone who gets your number.
Likewise, although the functions to block screenshots of profile photos began to be developed on Android in March, Apple users have already begun to notice this change in WhatsApp functionality.
As WABetaInfo reported, once the app detects that a user wants to take a screenshot of another’s profile photo, will show a notification indicating that the action is blocked “to protect the privacy of everyone on WhatsApp.” Some devices may They don’t have this feature yetbut it will be implemented gradually in the next updates.
