WhatsApp is reportedly testing fingerprint security and blocking screenshots.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new authentication feature that would require users to access chats by fingerprint and restrict the use of screenshots on one of the latest developer version updates.
It is apparently optional in security settings and, per WABetaInfo, comes with an explanation reading,"When enabled, fingerprint is required to open WhatsApp and conversation screenshots are blocked. You can still reply to messages from notifications and answer calls if WhatsApp is locked." This beta update comes after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent statement on rebranding the company and its subsidiaries to become a"privacy-focused messaging and social networking platform." Facebook acquired WhatsApp in a $19 billion deal in February 2014.
But the company's plan to create an all-encompassing messaging platform has experts and users concerned about their privacy and end-to-end encryption technology, which is supposed to protect messages between the sender and receiver so no one else, including WhatsApp itself, is able to read them.Last year, Instagram, which is also owned by Facebook, tested a function on screen-grabbing that notified users if a follower took a screenshot of a story, which is displayed on the app for 24 hours.
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