WhatsApp will prevent capturing chats by protecting them by fingerprint
WhatsApp users on Android are waiting impatiently for a feature that is already present in iOS, that of protecting chats using fingerprints. Apparently, this possibility would arrive shortly, although with conditions. According to reports from WaBetaInfo, those who activate it will not be able to take screenshots of the conversations, a but which may not be to the liking of many users.
The descriptive text itself within the WhatsApp settings mentions that once the user protects the chats with his fingerprint, the option to take screenshots will be disabled. In any case, everything could change for this option to finally reach Android. At the moment, we don't know when it will happen, although everything indicates that it won't take long too much.
Fingerprint protection will prevent third parties from entering your chats if they take over your device. It is no coincidence that WhatsApp is thinking of avoiding the blocking of screenshots It is another security method, since in this way there will be no evidence of the conversations within from the gallery. Without going any further, its main competitor, Telegram, also blocks screenshots, although only in secret chats and for both users.
If you're on iOS, you've been lucky enough to use FaceID chat protection for some time now. To activate it you only have to follow the following steps.
- Enter WhatsApp and go to the "Settings" section.
- Enter “Account”.
- Go to “Privacy”.
- At the bottom you will see the option “Screen lock”.
- Activate it.
You can set the lock to activate right now or every so often. The best thing, for security, is to set it to be automatic. The negative point is that this implies that whenever you enter and exit WhatsApp you will have to unlock again, even if only a second has passed. It should be noted that WhatsApp for iOS does not prevent you from taking screenshots of chats. If you are a user of the system you will not have any problem with this.
