New Delhi: WhatsApp is working on a new feature to further strengthen the privacy of its users. According to reports, the company is testing such changes after which it will become more difficult than ever for a user to find out whether someone has blocked him or not. Currently this feature is in the testing phase and has not been made available to common users.
According to the information, some tech experts had earlier discovered a technique with the help of which it could be estimated whether a contact has blocked the user or not. Now WhatsApp is preparing to eliminate this technical possibility by making changes in its encryption system.
Will not be able to know who blocked
It has been said in the report that the idea behind the new update is to make the privacy of blocking users more secure. If this change is rolled out to all users in the future, the block detection methods used previously will no longer be effective and it will become more difficult to verify that someone has been blocked.
However, this update will not affect the daily use of WhatsApp. Users will be able to use chat, voice and video calls, status and all other features as before. The only change during this period will be that it will not be easy to find out the information related to the block even through technical means.
Now you get this sign when blocked
Currently, WhatsApp does not send any official notification when a user is blocked. At this time, when users are blocked, they may get indications like profile photo disappearing, last seen not showing, only one tick appearing on the message or call not connecting, but none of these things prove that the other person has blocked you.
In the last few years, WhatsApp has introduced many features like Chat Lock, Secret Code, Privacy Checkup and Advanced Privacy to increase the security and privacy of users. Now the company is working towards keeping the Block status completely private, so that the privacy of the users can be further strengthened.
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