It’s a little innovative but convenient option: on WhatsApp you can now talk to yourself. Convenient for jotting down ideas on the fly.
Forget apps that allow you to take notes: now you can use WhatsApp. Instant messaging gets an update that lets you open a chat with yourself and post anything that comes to mind during the conversation. Convenient to write down your shopping list, to-do list or ideas.
The change was announced by Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, in a Twitter post dated November 28, 2022. in the younger generation. You are free to delete them later, if these reminders are no longer of interest.
End-to-end encrypted notes on WhatsApp
The security of the messages you exchange remains at the same level as your exchanges with third parties: end-to-end encryption is applied, so neither WhatsApp, nor your telephone operator, nor third parties can access what you write. At least that’s true if he’s trying to crack the code. If your unlocked phone is taken, that’s another story.
The functionality offered by WhatsApp is not innovative, as many other services already allow this possibility – for example Slack or Signal, with the “Note to me” option). But, with WhatsApp more widely used around the world, its new feature will statistically be able to benefit more people. It’s also more convenient than emails we send to ourselves.
To check if you already have this option, try opening a new chat with yourself. If you cannot select yourself, even if you have your own application, it means that you are not yet in the wave of implementation. Inside the newsroom some people didn’t have it yet, while others could already talk to each other.
