WhatsApp will remove the screenshots in the chats

By enabling fingerprint authentication, Whats App no longer allows 'screenshots'

Whats App prepares a series of changes that could cause discomfort in many of the. With the next update could be integrated a restriction that prohibits screen captures in the chats. According to the WABetaInfo specialized website , the new tool will affect both the chats and the status updates of your contacts.

However, this feature, present in the beta for Android of version v.2.19.106 of WhatsApp (already available in the Google PlayStore) could have some changes. So far is unknown the official date on which will reach the public of WhatsApp.

The instant messaging service integrates a function so that users can protect themselves, preventing their contacts from taking screenshots of status updates or their private chat, WABetaInfo details that it is a security tool, related to privacy.

By enabling authentication through fingerprint recognition, users will no longer be able to save or share moments of their conversations through screenshots, a practice that is very common today. The application will continue with the option to answer calls when WhatsApp is blocked or respond to notification messages.

Screenshots have become a form of harassment. Maybe this is the reason why other platforms, in addition to WhatsApp, have chosen to prohibit them. Snapchat is another social network that adds to the combat of screenshots. Instagram, for its part, is already working on a notification feature to help users identify those who have made a screenshot. Even Facebook has a built-in security feature called "Privacy Shield" in which screenshots are not allowed or can generate a warning to the user.

Although WhatsApp has not justified the reasons for its decision, its intentions are clear, in order to strengthen the user's confidence in the messaging application, restricting the access of third parties to potentially sensitive personal information.

Currently, many people on the contact list can take screenshots of states or chats without any consent to share the information with another person.

With 1.5 billion active users per month, WhatsApp is the most popular mobile chat and messaging service in the world. However, the 'app', which has made our lives comfortable by connecting with people from all over the world like never before, seems to be unsafe. In addition, as a result of its use, the usual form of communication is changing, either through traditional telephone calls or through electronic mail. But the technology company does not want to end it, and that's why it incorporates services such as calling or video calling.