This is how WhatsApp will ensure the privacy of your conversations
It seems that in WhatsApp they don't know how to sit still. And it is that, in recent months, and especially in recent days, we are witnessing a come and go of updates and new versions loaded with news Without knowing very good if it is a strategy to please the most demanding users or to prevent users from going to other more complete communication tools, now they show some of their upcoming news.Read on if you want to know what it's about.
We are referring to the security More specifically, to the encryption that WhatsApp has performs in its communications so that the conversations of users are truly private and secure, without third parties being able to sneak into them and steal information. Something that is doing since 2014 on the Android platform, and that seems to have generalized to the rest in this time. But not only that, now WhatsApp wants to make it clear in conversations with messages that confirm the security of a chat.
This was discovered in a beta or test version of the application for Android in the middle Android Police In your tests, notice “the messages you send in this conversation now they are encrypted from user to user” appears when you start a new chat or conversation.Something similar occurs in the group chats, although expanding the information by indicating that it is possible to check the verification code of each contact by clicking on their names. A measure that focuses on confirming the identity of each person and the privacy of the system Nothing really new in the background, but that will allow many users to breathe easy at the time to share secrets or sensitive information by WhatsApp
In this regard, it is worth mentioning the recent statements by the creator of this application, Jan Koum, who has positioned himself in the battle between Apple and the US authorities (the FBI), when offering aback door on iPhone to access user information by security issues And it is that Koum has defended privacy of all users before US security, alleging that if one of the companies decides to give in to pressure from US authorities, all companies and users will suffer the consequences when exposed.
Along with the encryption of the conversations, a slight change has also been discovered in the messages extra long And that is, those texts that insist on filling meters and meters of the screen will be contracted in future versions of WhatsApp This will only show a long slice cut off next to the Read more button, which will allow expand the rest of the message and know its content. Something really convenient for those who are used to sending real wills in chats, allowing faster navigation through conversations without wearing out your finger by having to continuously slide it across the screen to see older messages.
Finally, WhatsApp could include a new and practical button to leave groups A very recognizable icon that would allow the user to leave a group chat as usual, but finding this option earlier and in a more visual way. That yes. Keep in mind that this is a test version, so not all these new features could reach all users.
