Slowly, to do this improve privacy In practice, WhatsApp includes different tools to protect our information. One of the latest functions coming to the platform is the feature that prevents screenshots from “stealing” photos.

First of all, it implemented this measure to prevent us from taking screenshots of “self-destructing” images, and now it has expanded this function. Profile photos. We were able to check this out in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android and it is now available in the stable version of the app as well.

Forget about “stealing” profile photos

Block screenshots in WhatsApp beta for Android

A few days ago we learned that WhatsApp was working on a feature. blocked screenshots same with profile photos, as with images that can only be seen once. And now this block is gradually reaching the stable version of the Android application.

If we played before profile photo The picture of a WhatsApp contact was enlarged and we were able to take a screenshot, crop it and save the photo of that person in our gallery. Done: WhatsApp for Android now blocks the ability to take screenshots when enlarging a profile photo.

Lock screenshots in WhatsApp for Android

If we try to take a screenshot of the enlarged image it will automatically revert. a black screenshot with a message WhatsApp warns: “Cannot take screenshot due to app restrictions.”

And these restrictions don’t respond to anything else protect privacy Number of users who blocked other people from having your photo on their phones. If you are wondering if the same situation occurs in group chats, we have already said that in this case, taking screenshots is allowed while enlarging the profile picture.

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