WhatsApp has launched a new privacy feature. In addition to locking private chats with a password, you can now also hide them with a secret code.
It’s about creating a sequence that only the user knows and that when put in the search box will reveal the already hidden chats and with a password on WhatsApp. This is the new layer that adds the instant messaging application to the blocked chats functionality.
The process to activate this new feature is simple: users can choose from already blocked chats that they want to protect even more and, using a password other than the one used to unlock the phone, hide them.
Now the chosen conversations are in a protected folder accessible by password or biometrics and will only appear if that code is used in the search bar. Basically, it is an option to hide the blocked chats folder from the general list.
Private, sensitive conversations or conversations with vital WhatsApp data can now be safe from prying eyes or in the event of a robbery. No one will be able to look at those password-protected chats and decide that’s where there’s something of value, they just won’t be listed.
WhatsApp has added improvements and privacy features throughout 2023
The launch of this function is one more response to the growing demand for privacy from users. A trend that WhatsApp and competitors like Signal are taking very seriously.
In this sense, WhatsApp has added many more security and privacy features throughout this year, from improvements in verification to silence calls from strangers. A true revolution in privacy.
According to him WhatsApp BlogSince its introduction at the beginning of the year, chat blocking has been well received, and they hope that the secret code will add even more value to this popular feature.
The secret code for WhatsApp chats is being implemented worldwide starting today and is expected to be available to all users in the coming weeks. So you could soon find it in your application.
WhatsApp continues to innovate in the field of security and privacy with a new function. Protecting sensitive conversations will now be easier and more secure, reflecting a significant advance in privacy protection in the digital age. Open Sesame!
