No, no, this message is not about the new control on WhatsApp, chicken yellow, which appears when a contact takes a screenshot of a conversation, and also about the secret and fascinating features of the passion mode of the red app. We recently talked precisely about the famous and recurring triple check scam, as well as the enthusiastic way many media outlets joined the clickbait that called the simple act of changing the color of the icon “purple mode”. At this rate, I can’t rule out that I will have to publish a message denying other media when they claim that if you do not send the message you received to at least ten of your contacts, in 30 days you will have to start paying 10 cents for each message sent and received.

After this clarification, it is unfortunately necessary to talk about WhatsApp and screenshots disclaimer of this type, clarify that it is true that the ability to take screenshots of WhatsApp content It is something that usually worries many users, who fear misuse of their messages and shared elements. And yes, it is true that the best way to avoid this risk is not to share what is bothering us, but it is also true that in many cases circumstances can change.

So we have to realize that WhatsApp hoaxes work by blocking screenshots or at least alerting us when they happen, They are undoubtedly responding to the demand of service users. And while up until now Meta has seemed reluctant to provide an answer to these users, it looks like that’s finally about to change.

So as we can read in WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is testing a feature that prevents screenshots from users’ profile pictures. This new feature has been detected in WhatsApp for Android beta 2.24.4.25 and yes, not all users who have this version have this feature already, so it seems that the tests are only running on a small part of users in your testing program.

This measure is coming five years after WhatsApp blocked the ability to download profile pictures, something that was possible until then without any restrictions. The question now, of course, is whether this restriction, which they are currently evaluating, will be optional, i.e. whether each user will be able to decide whether their picture can be captured or not, or whether it will be applied to all profiles and there will be no possibility of deactivation.