Explained | How to lock private chats on WhatsApp
Meta has announced it is launching a feature to let users lock their private chats. Here’s how it worksThe story so far: WhatsApp-owner Meta has announced a feature that will let its messaging service platform users keep their more personal chats hidden and locked. Here is what you need to know.
What is the new WhatsApp Chat Lock feature?
The new WhatsApp Chat Lock feature lets users select both personal and group chats which they want to keep extra discreet and protected. After tapping on the selected chats, users will be able to lock these chats. This moves the conversations to a specially secured folder. In order to see them again, users can pull down their WhatsApp inbox to reveal the concealed folder. Then, they will have to enter their password or their biometric data to unlock the protected chats.
Additionally, if a message from a Chat Lock conversation happens to arrive, the message contents will not show up in the device owner’s list of notifications. This means that even if someone else is borrowing or playing with the user’s device, they will not be able to preview or access the chats.
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The story so far: WhatsApp-owner Meta has announced a feature that will let its messaging service platform users keep their more personal chats hidden and locked. Here is what you need to know.
What is the new WhatsApp Chat Lock feature?
The new WhatsApp Chat Lock feature lets users select both personal and group chats which they want to keep extra discreet and protected. After tapping on the selected chats, users will be able to lock these chats. This moves the conversations to a specially secured folder. In order to see them again, users can pull down their WhatsApp inbox to reveal the concealed folder. Then, they will have to enter their password or their biometric data to unlock the protected chats.
Additionally, if a message from a Chat Lock conversation happens to arrive, the message contents will not show up in the device owner’s list of notifications. This means that even if someone else is borrowing or playing with the user’s device, they will not be able to preview or access the chats.
Meta’s promotional video for the WhatsApp Chat Lock feature showed a person repeatedly having their phone taken from them as a joke during a party, or seized by other friends taking pictures and making calls. While the owner continues to receive WhatsApp messages, these remain private until they unlock them with their fingerprint in order to respond.
