Last year, the popular WhatsApp messenger announced a new convenient feature — disappearing messages. At the same time, the corresponding mechanism had to be activated manually in each individual chat. Users can now select a default feature for all individual conversations.
WhatsApp now has an option to enable disappearing messages by default
In each new chat, the messages will be automatically deleted after the specified period without additional actions for this. At the same time, the function does not work with active chats.
It is easy to activate the function, but after enabling contacts in new chats will receive messages that the function is active by default. In the settings, you can choose whether messages disappear after 24 hours, a week or 90 days. Note that this feature does not "default" to group chats - you need to enable it manually.
To set the "default" disappearing messages on Android and iOS, you need to go to the messenger, go to the "Settings" - "Account" - "Privacy" menu and set the "Automatic timer" in the "Disappearing messages" section.
Initially it is disabled, but after activation, the messages will start to be deleted after the specified period.
Now you can set the disappearing WhatsApp messages feature as a permanent default value.
- Messages will be automatically deleted after 24 hours, seven days, or 90 days.
- This only works in face-to-face chats and your conversation partner will be notified of this feature.
WhatsApp and iMessage leaked the most information to the FBI
Smartphone users usually use different social networks and separate messengers. A leaked document confirms that some apps share a lot of data with US intelligence agencies.
According to Rolling Stone, the FBI can legally obtain information from any messaging app. Meanwhile, Facebook's WhatsApp and Apple's iMessage provide the FBI with the most information.
The document said that WhatsApp, iMessage and Line provided the content of the message to the FBI when legally requested, while other messengers such as Signal, Telegram, Threema, Viber, WeChat and Wickr did not disclose the content of the message.
The FBI can obtain address book data from both the target and their contacts if they have a warrant. It can also monitor correspondence in real time. As for iMessage, if users back up their messages to iCloud, the FBI has access to the actual contents of the message because the Cupertino-based giant has to hand over the iCloud encryption key when the warrant is sent.
