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It looks like WhatsApp will soon add some serious security changes to its messaging app, now used by 2 billion people worldwide, as it strives to fend off competition from other platforms seen as being more secure. WhatsApp has always positioned itself as a security and privacy champion, and so this comes as little surprise. All that said, given WhatsApp’s scale, such changes have a huge impact.
Last year, reports emerged that the Facebook-owned messaging giant was testing disappearing or self-destructing messages for Group Chats. The platform’s sister app, Facebook Messenger, has had the functionality for some time within its so-called “secret conversations,”, meaning they’re end-to-end encrypted.
Now, according WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is stepping up plans to launch the functionality some time soon. As GSMArena explains, “in two beta versions of the app, the option to set self-destruc ..
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