{"id":426410,"date":"2021-12-07T12:18:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T10:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=426410"},"modified":"2021-12-07T12:26:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T10:26:01","slug":"whatsapp-message-privacy-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/426410-whatsapp-message-privacy-update.html","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp message privacy update"},"content":{"rendered":"

WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that will allow users to set a global timer to enable disappearing messages by default in new chats.<\/p>\n

Messages will then automatically delete after a set interval.<\/p>\n

Users can turn on the disappearing messages feature for all new one-on-one chats and new groups they create, the Meta-owned company said in a statement<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Today we are excited to provide our users with more options to control their messages and how long they stick around, with default disappearing messages and multiple durations,” the Meta-owned company said.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp has improved its existing disappearing messages feature<\/a><\/strong>, which previously could only delete messages automatically seven days after being sent.<\/p>\n

The messaging platform has added 24 hours and 90-day options to the disappearing messages feature.<\/p>\n

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The company has noted some exceptions to the feature on its FAQ page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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  1. If a message isn’t read during the period set before it is deleted, devices could still display a preview of the message in notifications until WhatsApp is opened.<\/li>\n
  2. If you reply to a disappearing message, the quoted text might remain in the chat after the duration you select.<\/li>\n
  3. If a disappearing message is forwarded to a chat with disappearing messages off, the message won’t disappear in the forwarded conversation.<\/li>\n
  4. If a backup is created before a message disappears, WhatsApp will include the message in the backup. Disappearing messages will be deleted when a user restores from a backup.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You can activate the feature on an account level from your Android or iOS device.<\/p>\n

    Go to WhatsApp Settings<\/em>, Account<\/em>, Privacy<\/em>, Default message timer<\/em>, and set a duration for disappearing messages.<\/p>\n

    WhatsApp will inform your message recipients of the duration you have selected.<\/p>\n

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    Now read: Microsoft rolls back controversial default browser setting on Windows 11<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    WhatsApp will let users specify whether their messages must self-destruct by default.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":412520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[161,40812,2594],"class_list":["post-426410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-facebook","tag-meta","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426422,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426410\/revisions\/426422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}