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New Delhi: WhatsApp is a messaging app used in India as well as in many corners of the world, which is used by users to stay connected with their friends and family and for many other purposes. Let us tell you that WhatsApp constantly strives to provide the best experience to its users.
Continuing this trend, the company keeps introducing new features. For some time now, the app has been preparing to take a big step regarding the security of its users, which has now been introduced on the platform. We are talking about the profile picture screenshot block, which the app has introduced for Samsung devices.
Information found in media reports
WhatsApp is blocking users from taking screenshots of other users' profile pictures on their smartphones. This is a new privacy feature available on Android handsets.
Meta has started testing the functionality on the beta version of the app for the past few weeks and is now enabling it for all users.
Meta hasn't shared details of this privacy functionality yet, but the rollout was spotted by Android Police.
Users of the stable and beta versions of WhatsApp for Android are now prevented from capturing the screen while viewing another user's profile photo.
Users can still take screenshots on WhatsApp in the beta and stable version for iOS.
Media reports say WhatsApp has blocked profile image screenshots on Samsung smartphones citing device security policy.
how safe
Let us tell you that the feature of blocking screenshots on profile picture does not guarantee that no other user will be able to save your picture.
We are saying this because this feature cannot stop someone from clicking on that screen image using another smartphone.
Similarly, tapping on a user's profile photo in the main chat list shows a small thumbnail and WhatsApp does not block screenshots there.