Now WhatsApp can save ‘disappearing’ messages if the sender consents
by Richard Lawler from The Verge - All Posts on (#6B0VP)
Image: The Verge Something to consider before sending a risky text via WhatsApp is that now, disappearing messages are a bit more optional. Mark Zuckerberg is announcing a new tweak to the service's burn-after-reading feature, which allows the recipient to long-press a message and choose to keep it.
WhatsApp describes the adjustment as a sender superpower," and assuming it all works as designed, it still keeps the sender in control of what ultimately happens to the message. That's because the sender is sent a notification when a recipient tries to save a message, and the sender can then choose if it will disappear or be saved.
According to the company's blog post, this gives senders the ability to veto" a recipient's attempt to save a message....