{"id":300018,"date":"2025-04-05T03:25:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T10:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=300018"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:57:44","slug":"whatsapp-is-testing-a-privacy-boost-this-is-the-option-you-will-need-to-activate-if-you-want-your-chats-to-be-more-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-is-testing-a-privacy-boost-this-is-the-option-you-will-need-to-activate-if-you-want-your-chats-to-be-more-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp is testing a privacy boost: This is the option you will need to activate if you want your chats to be more secure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As WhatsApp continues expanding its AI capabilities and refining its status features,&nbsp;<strong>one of the app\u2019s most significant updates focuses squarely on user privacy<\/strong>. With over two billion active users globally, the messaging giant is now introducing a powerful tool to&nbsp;<strong>give you greater control over how your chats are managed and protected<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advanced privacy setting adds more security to your chats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WhatsApp has begun testing a new\u00a0<strong>\u201cadvanced privacy\u201d setting<\/strong>\u00a0that brings a deeper level of security to individual and group conversations. Available in the latest beta version (2.25.10.14 for Android), this feature allows users to <strong>prevent others from saving media files to their device\u2019s gallery<\/strong>\u00a0directly from the chat settings. Unlike the current option that appears when deleting a chat, this update works without erasing the messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another significant benefit of this feature is the&nbsp;<strong>ability to block the export of entire chat histories<\/strong>, a move designed to avoid misuse of sensitive conversations. In addition,&nbsp;<strong>Meta AI will also be restricted from group or personal chats<\/strong>, ensuring no unwanted AI interaction in private spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to activate it and what to expect next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To enable this setting, you\u2019ll need to&nbsp;<strong>access the contact info section from within a chat<\/strong>, then select the new privacy options from there. Notably, the setting applies both to your own device and to the other party involved, making conversations mutually protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While still in early testing, this update&nbsp;<strong>shows WhatsApp\u2019s renewed commitment to privacy<\/strong>, a domain it had left behind in recent updates. There\u2019s no word yet on features like screenshot blocking, but this move marks an important shift toward more robust user control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As WhatsApp continues expanding its AI capabilities and refining its status features,&nbsp;one of the app\u2019s most significant updates focuses squarely on user privacy. With over two billion active users globally, the messaging giant is now introducing a powerful tool to&nbsp;give you greater control over how your chats are managed and protected. Advanced privacy setting adds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-is-testing-a-privacy-boost-this-is-the-option-you-will-need-to-activate-if-you-want-your-chats-to-be-more-secure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WhatsApp is testing a privacy boost: This is the option you will need to activate if you want your chats to be more secure&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":300019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-300018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308129,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300018\/revisions\/308129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300018"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=300018"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=300018"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=300018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}