Soon WhatsApp Users Will Not Be Able to Take Screenshots of Individual Chats

WhatsApp is working on a plethora of new features to offer an enhanced user experience. A new report coming from Independent UK states that the Facebook-owned messaging app will soon deny users from capturing a screenshot of individual chats. Instagram already has a feature similar to this one as it notifies a user whenever someone captures a screenshot of the direct messages screen. But WhatsApp is all set to block capturing screenshots, which might come as a surprise to many. The new feature comes as part of a plethora of security changes that the app has been working on and introducing, keeping in line with the app’s commitment to user privacy.

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WhatsApp Screenshot Blocking Feature: How it Works?

Well, the screenshot-blocking feature will be made available to users whenever WhatsApp plans to release the ‘Authentication‘ feature, which is currently under development for Android users. iOS users already received the authentication feature recently, but it did not add any screenshot blocking feature though.

Before accessing into the app, the ‘Authentication’ feature would ask users to confirm their identities via their fingerprints, WABetaInfo reported. On enabling the feature, even after confirming their identities, users would not be able to take a screenshot of their chats, IANS reported.

“Fingerprint Security: 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,” a screenshot of the beta version of the ‘Authentication’ feature reads.