WhatsApp will let you protect conversations with fingerprint

Beta users received a feature to protect conversations with fingerprint on the WhatsApp. like the app promises security and privacy, Meta, will soon implement another feature that promises to further increase the privacy of conversations.

When we talk about smartphones that have an operating system Android we keep in mind that, as it is an open source system, each manufacturer is free to change the system in the way that best suits the purpose of their device.

In some versions of the operating system, it is possible to find application blocking tools, either by password or even biometrics, creating the need for authentication to run them and gain access to data in the app. But now, this protection will be done by the application itself.

Biometric security on WhatsApp

While it is possible to implement features similar to what was promised in the update report via third-party apps available on Play Store, but which do not demonstrate good reliability.

Fortunately, it has been reported that a feature is under development that will allow users to lock individual and group conversations with fingerprint.

According to indications, blocked conversations and groups will be moved to a kind of vault, making authentication necessary only when there is an attempt to access, according to the same report, attempts to force the opening of the vault would result in the complete cleaning of messages sent and received.

We still don't know how the notifications of blocked conversations or groups will be, nor how the media received will behave or whether we will have a maximum number of blocks.

New features coming soon

In addition to this new feature, in its next updates the app you will receive in your version for Android a text editor that provided tools and fonts that helped to add content to images, videos and GIFs. A new messaging interface for community ad groups and the ability to create one newsletter.

For app versions for iOS it was announced that they are still working on the message editing tool, now implementing an alert that will inform users that the message has been edited. This feature is still under development, so it won't be available in future updates.

For the feature of disappearing messages after a certain time, durations of 24 hours, 7 days or 90 days are currently available. According to the report, the addition of 15 more duration options for these messages is under development.

O WhatsApp is also working on your version Windows which aims to provide the option of disabling several responses in surveys, making it easier and less ambiguous to read the responses received by the creator of the survey.

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