WhatsApp has a new privacy feature, now chats will have 'advanced security'

WhatsApp has launched a new feature for users' chat security and privacy, and it has been termed as Advanced Chat Privacy. This feature on WhatsApp is gradually becoming available on Android as well as on iOS devices and its aim is to avoid unauthorized transmissions of chats outside WhatsApp.

This Meta-owned instant messaging application wrote in its blog post on Wednesday that this feature will apply to both one-on-one and group chats and will provide extra security to the users. No one will be able to export chats. The media sent in the chat will not download automatically. The chat messages will not be utilized in AI features (such as Meta AI). The reason behind this is to keep the conversation private and the chat content cannot be shared outside that chat.

WhatsApp says that this feature is especially useful for groups in which all the members do not know each other well, but the conversation can be sensitive. This feature ensures that the information of the chat does not go out.

Open WhatsApp and go to the chat or group chat in which you want to turn on this feature. Tap the name of the chat. There you will see the option of 'Advanced Chat Privacy'. You can turn on the feature by tapping on it. WhatsApp has also said that this is the first version of the feature and more security features will be added to it in the future.