WhatsApp Blocks People From Exporting Your Entire Chat History

WhatsApp is rolling out a new 'Advanced Chat Privacy' feature that blocks others from exporting chat histories or automatically downloading media. While it doesn't stop screenshots or manual downloads, it marks the first step in WhatsApp's plan to enhance in-chat privacy protections. The Verge reports: By default, WhatsApp saves photos and videos in a chat to your phone's local storage. It also lets you and your recipients export chats (with or without media) to your messages, email, or notes app. The Advanced Chat Privacy setting will prevent this in group and individual chats. WhatsApp says this is its 'first version' of the feature, and that it plans to add more protections down the line.

'We think this feature is best used when talking with groups where you may not know everyone closely but are nevertheless sensitive in nature,' WhatsApp says in its announcement. WABetaInfo first spotted this feature earlier this month, and now it's rolling out to the latest version of the app. You can turn on the setting by tapping the name of your chat and selecting Advanced Chat Privacy.

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