Leading Gaint tech, META has announced new privacy features for his messager app- Whatspp.
With the announcement and rollout of these new features, users of the instant messaging app will now be able to leave groups silently as well as choose who can see when they are online or not. This is to protect privacy of ussers the more.
Also, WhatsApp will block taking screenshots for ‘view once’ messages.
Mark noted that "New privacy features coming to WhatsApp: exit group chats without notifying everyone, control who can see when you're online, and prevent screenshots on view once messages. We'll keep building new ways to protect your messages and keep them as private and secure as face-to-face conversations."
With the introduction of the ‘Leave Groups Silently’ features, the Meta Platform- WhatsApp users will be able to exit a group privately without having to notify everyone, instead of notifying the full group when leaving, only the admins will be notified.
It is believed that these new features will start rolling out to all users this month.
Mark, the CEO of META is working everyday to protect privacy of those using all his platforms.