WhatsApp allows users to lock private conversations

TECHNOLOGY DESK: Meta has added a new feature to WhatsApp that allows users to lock specific chats using a password or biometric authentication to further enhance user privacy.

According to Indian Express, these locked conversations will be stored in a separate folder.

The feature also hides the name and the actual message in the notification, which can only be accessed post-authentication.

While there has been an option to lock the entire WhatsApp using biometrics or a PIN code on both Android and iOS devices, this new feature allows users to further protect specific private messages. Hence, even if someone gets access to your phone, the chat-locked messages will remain confidential.

WhatsApp already has several security and privacy-centric features, such as end-to-end encryption, encrypted chat backup, disappearing messages, screenshot blocking, and the ability to control who can access the last seen status, among others.

With the latest update, Meta is further strengthening WhatsApp’s privacy and security features. (FE)