WhatsApp restricts its function again immediately after it is launched
Created: 11/17/2022, 12:11 p.m
By: Patrick Mayer
Widespread Messenger in Germany: WhatsApp.
(symbol photo) © IMAGO/Claudia Nass
WhatsApp restricts a function again shortly after its launch.
The measure is probably about user privacy.
Munich – It is estimated that up to 60 million people in Germany use the Messenger WhatsApp regularly or even daily.
The service is also important for communication in this country.
between friends.
In the family.
At work.
After all, WhatsApp makes things easier.
WhatsApp: Messenger deletes a function - on the desktop
This also includes sending photos in real time.
For example from a party.
After a birth.
Or from a construction site.
But just that forwarding of photos is sometimes delicate and tricky for data protection reasons.
When does privacy start?
When might it be affected?
WhatsApp is now restricting a feature that the messaging service recently introduced.
In concrete terms, this involves the one-off sending of photos in a chat with another person.
Users and consumers are now aware of this: an icon resembling a stopwatch then appears in the chat history.
Once opened, the box can no longer be clicked and opened.
In the video: What's new in WhatsApp - the requested function will be available soon
As
WABetaInfo
now writes, a one-time view via WhatsAppWeb on the desktop is no longer possible.
The visual content can only be called up on a smartphone.
The measure is intended to protect the privacy described, since the photos are of course displayed much larger on the screen of a computer or laptop.
For example in the office.
WhatsApp: Messenger keeps updating features - "Companion" mode is coming
Meanwhile, WhatsApp keeps updating its versatile functions.
Messenger recently blocked the option for screenshots or video recordings.
As the technology magazine
Techbook
wrote, many consumers missed multiple use on more than one end device.
WhatsApp reacts and therefore introduces the so-called "companion" mode.
Companion stands for companion.
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With the new version for Android, the function is now also available for smartphones, reports
nordbayern.de
.
Users can now be logged in to their account on up to four end devices at the same time.
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