Since WhatsApp became one of the most used applications by thousands around the world, the app has always tried to provide the best services for all its users.
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The platform is implementing more and better options to improve internet users' security who use the app daily to communicate with friends or family who are far away.
The three new updates that will offer much more privacy according to Meta are: silently leave a group, choose who can see when you are online on WhatsApp, and blocking screenshots. The latter has generated the most controversy on social media, as many wonder how the measure will be enforced.
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It should be noted that this newly launched feature, which is still in the testing phase, will only be developed based on the famous temporary messages, which have become one of users' favorite options in this app. thanks to the functionality, we can send a photo or a video, with the assurance that it will automatically be deleted as soon as the other person sees it.
However, there is a risk that a screenshot of this temporary message could ruin the true objective of the tool, which is only be viewed once. How will the danger of the popular 'screenshot' be avoided? We'll tell you next.
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WhatsApp 2022: How will it prevent you from taking a screenshot with the new update?
In WABetaInfo, they have discovered that WhatsApp has already implemented a screenshot lock in the Android app and it is already reaching some users of the beta version, whose access is limited.
Under this context, a new pop-up window will now appear when a temporary message arrives that will warn you in simple words of the prohibition you have to "share, forward, copy, save or take a screenshot."
Thus it will be known that thanks to this new version, it is impossible to take screenshots to see images and videos once, so when this action is attempted, the screenshot will be automatically blocked.
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