Chat Lock will remove a chat thread from the app’s regular onscreen inbox and place it into a new folder that can only be opened by a password or biometric, such as facial recognition or a fingerprint.
Calling it “one more layer of security”, Meta - WhatsApp’s parent company - added Chat Lock will protect “your most intimate conversations” and hide notifications from them.
It’s the latest in a list of growing features on the globally-used, encrypted messaging service which puts it at odds with the UK government’s online safety bill.
As part of its privacy package, Meta allows WhatsApp users to encrypt their backups, block the ability to screenshot and make their messages disappear automatically.
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive officer, confirmed the new feature in a Facebook post.
Source: https://news.sky.com
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