WhatsApp has been working on a self-destructing messages feature for quite some time. It will allow users to set a timer on a message and after it runs out the message will automatically disappear. Other messaging services like Snapchat and Telegram employ such a feature but WhatsApp is yet to roll it out officially. The company tested the feature in WhatsApp beta for Android last year but the official release is still pending.
Now the guys at WABetaInfo have spotted a FAQ document that describes the upcoming feature in much more detail. Apparently, the default period of this feature is seven days. It’s unclear whether users will be able to set a custom timeframe for the Disappearing Messages feature at this point. When the feature is enabled, all new messages will expire after seven days. There are some caveats, however:
All the above caveats make the feature somewhat unreliable when it comes to sensitive information. WhatsApp issues a warning, confirming that the feature is not meant to be a Holy Grail of secure communication. “Only use disappearing messages with trusted individuals,” reads the warning message in the FAQ document.
The Disappearing Messages feature will work with media files but if the recipient has auto-download turned on (it’s on by default), the files will disappear from the chat but will be downloaded to the phone. The Disappearing Messages feature will be available for Android, iOS, KaiOS, Web, and Desktop users but the exact rollout schedule remains unknown.
Source: Phonearena
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