WhatsApp's next privacy feature could keep other people from saving your chats

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I’m not sure if this “advanced chat privacy” is meaningful at all. If enabled for all texts, maybe it can prevent Meta AI from processing them?

It seems to prevent creeps from exporting your entire chat history if anything.

  • WhatsApp is testing a new “advanced chat privacy” feature that aims to give users more control over their conversations.
  • Key features being tested include blocking others from exporting the entire chat history and preventing media from automatically saving to the recipient’s device gallery. Enabling this feature in a chat will also prevent interaction with Meta AI within that specific conversation.
  • The advanced chat privacy setting will be applied on a per-chat basis, and once enabled by any participant, the limitations will apply to everyone in that chat. The feature is currently in beta testing with no public release timeline announced.
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For instance, WhatsApp chats with advanced privacy enabled can’t be exported. In addition, media is not automatically saved to the device’s photo library. Most importantly, Meta AI is completely disabled in chats with advanced privacy turned on. The report says that the feature is being developed for both individual and group chats.

Seems kinda vague, but the features they do mention are nice. Curious what else they’re adding as part of this feature.

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