WhatsApp launches Advanced Chat Privacy
Today WhatsApp has officially announced the launch of Advanced Chat Privacy, which was leaked at the beginning of this month. This is a new "layer of privacy" that is available in both 1-to-1 chats and groups, and it lets you prevent others from taking your content outside of WhatsApp when you want extra privacy. If you turn this on, you block others from exporting chats, auto-downloading media to their phone, and using messages for AI features. So, WhatsApp says, "this way everyone in the chat has greater confidence that no one can take what is being said outside the chat". Unless of...


Today WhatsApp has officially announced the launch of Advanced Chat Privacy, which was leaked at the beginning of this month. This is a new "layer of privacy" that is available in both 1-to-1 chats and groups, and it lets you prevent others from taking your content outside of WhatsApp when you want extra privacy. If you turn this on, you block others from exporting chats, auto-downloading media to their phone, and using messages for AI features. So, WhatsApp says, "this way everyone in the chat has greater confidence that no one can take what is being said outside the chat". Unless of...