Would you try it? WhatsApp adds a new ideal function to “sexting”

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and to social isolation, sexo virtual (Sexting) grew up and one of the ways that is used the most is WhatsApp. The mobile messaging application tries to provide its users with a better service and so that can sex with greater security added a new function.

With the intention of protect people’s privacy And that they have an optimal experience, WhatsApp has long enabled the self-destruction of messages so that they can send any type of content without the fear of being discovered, for example, criticizing a boss.

After the good reception that this new function had and the sexting growth, from Mark Zuckerbrerg’s company they decided to go one step further: allow photos and videos to self-destruct, and thus there are no traces of any hot conversation, in addition to preventing that material from reaching the wrong hands.

The mechanism is very similar to what happens with Snapchat, that after 24 hours the photo disappears. When a photo or video is sent, a button with the number 1 will appear inside a circle, clicking on it activates the automatic destruction once the person to whom it was sent has seen it.

According to the portal WaBetaInfo, specialized in engineering, this will prevent the photo from being saved on the device and works for both individual and group conversations, where you can find out who opened the photo or viewed the video. You will also receive a notification when the material is opened.

One of the negative aspects of this function, that is now available in Beta versions of Android, is that it does not detect when the sender takes a screenshot of the screen, who did it, nor is there any way to prevent it. This will be one of the details that WhatsApp will try to fix in the short term.

This is a way that has WhatsApp to help combat what is known as “pornovenganza“, a phenomenon that has grown in recent years, when a third party breaks the trust of the person who sent him intimate photographs or videos with the intention of generating problems at work, stress, anxiety, among other things.