{"id":3929,"date":"2022-08-10T17:02:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2022-08-10T17:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:02:40","slug":"whatsapp-announces-new-features-to-protect-user-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/tech\/2022\/08\/10\/news\/3929\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp announces new features to protect user privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3930 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/whatsapp-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/>LONDON, Broadcasting News Corporation : WhatsApp on Tuesday introduced a range of new features aimed at protecting users\u2019 privacy, allowing them to control who can see their online status and block screenshots on \u201cView Once\u201d messages. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said this would help keep WhatsApp messaging \u201cas private and secure as face-to-face conversations.\u201d Ami Vora, WhatsApp\u2019s head of product, said the platform is focused on building features that \u201cempower people to have more control and privacy over their messages.\u201d \u201cOver the years, we\u2019ve added interlocking layers of protection to help keep their conversations secure, and the new features are one way we continue to deliver on our commitment to keep messages private,\u201d she said. The features, to be rolled out later in August, will allow users to leave group chats silently, control who can see their online status and block screenshots on \u201cView Once\u201d messages. In its current format, WhatsApp alerts all members of a group chat to someone leaving or being removed by default. The change will allow users to leave the group silently, without notifying other group members and only alerting group administrators. Additionally, the update will give users the option to allow only certain contacts \u2014 or no one \u2014 to see when they are active on the platform, bringing online status options into alignment with \u201clast seen\u201d settings. WhatsApp will also allow users to block screenshots of disappearing messages, which is currently being tested and will be available \u201csoon,\u201d according to the platform. The rollout comes as Meta faces growing criticism that its privacy features could be abused by people seeking to evade law enforcement. News collected from ARAB NEWS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, Broadcasting News Corporation : WhatsApp on Tuesday introduced a range of new features aimed at protecting users\u2019 privacy, allowing them to control who can see their online status and block screenshots on \u201cView Once\u201d messages. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said this would help keep WhatsApp messaging \u201cas private and secure as face-to-face conversations.\u201d Ami &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3931,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions\/3931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}