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Uses include sensitive information such as credit card numbers and account numbers or sensitive content such as compromising photos. That reduces the risk of sharing content that the sender wants to keep private or share only with the specified recipient. The delicate management of temporary messagesīy enabling disappearing messages by default, you reduce the likelihood that shared information will remain stored on the devices of conversation participants. Now, when sending a message or multimedia content, the sender can choose to have it disappear after 24 hours, seven days or 90 days. The feature was designed to improve privacy and control over conversations on the platform.
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Zuckerberg hasn’t hesitated to describe the new feature as a “superpower.” Is it really? Temporary WhatsApp messages allow users to send content that automatically disappears after a set period of time chosen by the sender. Although WhatsApp has a high level of security and privacy, thanks to its end-to-end encryption, there is always a risk that shared information could be viewed, shared or stored by third parties. To much fanfare, Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a new function that allows the sender to control whether the recipient can download a message’s content. “You have to think twice before sending anything on WhatsApp,” warned digital law expert Borja Adsuara.
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