WhatsApp’s New Privacy Feature: Blocking Screenshots of Profile Pictures

WhatsApp is rolling out its new privacy feature for its users. WhatsApp is now blocking its users from taking the screenshot of contact profile pictures. Users are not allowed to take a screenshot of another person’s profile picture.

However, WhatsApp has not officially announced this new feature. However, the users are no longer able to take a screenshot of the profile. This new privacy feature of WhatsApp is rolling out globally, including USA and India.

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WhatsApp’s New Privacy Feature:

Recently, WhatsApp has taken many steps to enhance the security of its users. As per the sources, WhatsApp is testing out this new feature to block its users from taking screenshots. A few of my colleagues have noticed when they are trying to take a screenshot of someone’s profile picture, they are not able to do this.

Note: The users are not able to take a screenshot of the full profile picture, but they are still allowed to take the screenshot in profile view mode which shows the profile picture in a small circular pop-out window.

Additionally, users can still take the screenshot of group photos in full profile mode.

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Is WhatsApp’s New Privacy Feature available for iOS users:

The iOS users are still allowed to take the screenshot of a profile picture in full view mode. For now, this new feature is only rolling out for the android users.

As WhatsApp is rolling out this new feature, it seems that Meta is taking big steps concerning the privacy of its users. Before this WhatsApp also allowed its users to hide their profile photos from their contacts. With This update WhatsApp users can now only show their profile photo to their trusted contacts. Now, this blocking feature seems to be another privacy update for its users.