Concretely, the activation of this functionality prevents participants with a conversation from transferring all of the history outside of WhatsApp. It also deactivates the automatic recording of photos and videos in the gallery of the recipient’s device. A way for users to ensure that the content exchanged is not disseminated or stored without their knowledge.
However, it would remain possible to manually transfer messages or make screenshots, which limits the scope of this measure. But combined with ephemeral messages, already available in the application, this option will provide enhanced protection of shared data in the different conversations.
In the case of groups, all members would be informed that a discussion was placed under “advanced confidentiality”. This transparency would make it possible to establish a clear framework for exchanges, and your loved ones or not will know that you prevent the backup of your data out of the application.
