WhatsApp has published a new official information for its over 2 billion users worldwide, and this is because it is trying to bring to their attention a very important function. You have already known for some time that WhatsApp offers us the possibility to send messages that disappear after a certain period of time from which they were sent.
WhatsApp has implemented this functionality for some time for users using the application on iPhone and Android phones worldwide. Its purpose is to secure the conversations we have on our phones, which is very good news, and the video clip below shows us a little of what we can do thanks to it.
This functionality has been appreciated by a lot of people for some time, but those at WhatsApp see it as extremely important for the safety of conversations. The company emphasizes the fact that if we use this function, the information is automatically deleted from the messages when the time period set by us expires, so no one will be able to see them in the future.
WhatsApp: OFFICIAL Information Sent to People with iPhone and Android
WhatsApp thought this function to strengthen the security of its application, but recently decided to implement another one that would allow us to keep the messages sent in this way. Basically, even if we have sent messages that have a certain validity period set, we will be able to decide to keep them without them expiring, basically canceling the idea of security.
There's plenty in life you can't control. But you can always control how long your messages stay in a chat with Disappearing Messages ⏰ pic.twitter.com/O4uJzgzFwN
- WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) July 28, 2022
The change is based on the idea that some people might want to keep the messages they sent with a limited period of validity, and this is because it is possible to have made a mistake initially. For some, maybe the function is a useful one, but the idea of disappearing messages and the idea of keeping the disappearing messages are a bit at odds, even if each has its usefulness.
WhatsApp offers this functionality to all users worldwide, if you have the latest versions of the iPhone and Android applications installed on your phones. The future function that will allow you to keep messages that were supposed to expire will also be offered to everyone, but it is not very clear when it will be officially available.
