WhatsApp has already blocked folks from taking screenshots of one-view pictures or movies however quickly, the identical function might be enabled to your profile footage as properly. The upcoming choice has been noticed within the Android beta model 2.24.4.25 that might be rolled out publicly within the subsequent few weeks.

WhatsApp lets folks have their profile footage however for the longest time, folks have identified the dearth of security if somebody tries to screenshot their photograph which is a privateness nightmare and can be utilized with wrongful intentions.

Taking a screenshot is a critical invasion of an individual’s privateness and most often you don’t even come to know when somebody does that together with your image. Nonetheless, WhatsApp has discovered a nifty method of alerting the particular person, and the identical might be relevant once they attempt to seize the profile image as properly.

The messaging app will first provide a black display as an alternative of capturing the photograph, and inform the proprietor with a message that claims, “Can’t take a screenshot attributable to app restrictions.” It appears WhatsApp isn’t going to have this privateness function non-obligatory, which implies you can not manually change the privateness settings, simply in case you are feeling like doing it.

WhatsApp isn’t the one Meta-owned platform to help this function. Fb has offered a novel Profile Image guard software that blocks others from taking a screenshot of the photograph. The messaging app can also be engaged on new formatting kinds for textual content, and just lately, customers have gotten 4 extra choices that enables them so as to add bulleted factors, numbered factors, in-line and block quote texts whereas sending on WhatsApp. These shortcuts can be found for WhatsApp customers on cell, desktop and even the online model that works via the browsers.