Yesterday, WhatsApp announced the arrival of the official chat to Spain, which will describe the new features of the chat app, as will launch notices to protect users from possible scams. Now, WhatsApp I would be about to launch another important measure that goes in relation to the screen capture detection by contact.
Snapchat and other apps They have been offering this functionality for yearsthat prevents anyone who arrives at a user’s profile can capture in the internal memory of their mobile, any of the photos or images used. Its use is essential and now WhatsApp wants to expand the detection of this action.
In fact, Snapchat even Inform the user That a certain user has taken a screenshot of their history, although it is unknown if the WhatsApp idea goes through this same path or will remain alone in preventing it from being done. And it is precisely what WhatsApp wants to do: identify screen capture in a state and prevent it from being achieved.
This experience is already happening if you want to make a screenshot of the profile of a contact on WhatsApp, and thus the image that someone wants is maintained use freely on your profile Not to be with the fear that anyone can keep it.
Android Authority He has exploded from the APK file of the WhatsApp version for Android (2.25.12.19) and has discovered the function of STATE screen capture detection of the chat app. In fact, he has been able to activate the function to share some catches.
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Before moving on to operation, Android 14 For the first time included a screen capture detection API in 2023, so it was a matter of time that applications could adopt this functionality to prevent its use. It is not something new, since Snapchat implemented it more than 10 years ago, the only thing to have it natively in the system helps to make it easier to activate it.
In the lines of code of the APK explodes does not appear anywhere that WhatsApp Notify the user That someone has taken a capture of their state, although as it is still in development, it is possible to include, since it is a deterrent element that will quickly expose the intentions of the person.
The direction to which WhatsApp would It happens with the profile photoand thus protect the privacy of the person. It is unknown at the moment when it will arrive in the final version, but at least allow more freedom when sharing a type of content that anyone can now capture with a simple pulsation.
