2024-03-13 20:34:38
New privacy restrictions in WhatsApp: The Meta company has started to block the possibility of taking a photo of the users’ profile picture in the chat application, as part of the users’ privacy policy. The new feature has not yet been officially announced by the company but Android users around the world are already reporting getting a black screen when trying to take profile pictures.
In Israel, the option of taking profile pictures has not been blocked yet. However, the users for whom the option was blocked report that there is no way to unblock it.
Blocking the option to take a profile picture is part of the company’s attempts to prevent misuse of profile pictures. Among other things, concerns have been expressed in recent years about the misuse of user profile pictures such as posting them on social networks, sending a profile picture on dating apps, or using artificial intelligence technology to create fake situations.
Last week it was reported that WhatsApp is being upgraded in other ways: the application will soon allow sending and receiving messages from third-party applications such as Instagram, Messenger, Signal and SMS.
In the meantime, last September it was reported that Meta is testing the WhatsApp version for iPads: from the first screenshots that were released to the network, the connection to the iPad version is similar to connecting to WhatsApp on the computer and is done by scanning a QR code, after which the WhatsApp application synchronizes directly to the personal account with its size adapted to the Apple tablet screen, without the need to connect another one. WhatsApp’s iPad application is expected to include all the familiar features, including the option of phone or video calls.
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