“They’re hidden in a password protected folder and notifications won’t show sender or message content." posted by founder, chairman and CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg
The Chat Lock feature will relocate a chat thread from the app’s main inbox and transfer it to a dedicated folder accessible only through a password or biometric authentication, such as facial recognition or fingerprint scanning. The new feature ensures enhanced security and privacy for users’ confidential conversations.
As part of its comprehensive privacy package, Meta enables WhatsApp users to encrypt their backups, restrict screenshot capabilities, and enable automatic message disappearance.
These chats can be locked using several security options like passcode, fingerprint, or Face ID authentication. The Chat Lock feature is available on both WhatsApp for Android and iOS.
Know How-to Use WhatsApp chat lock feature :-
- You can lock a chat by tapping the name of a one-to-one or group and selecting the lock option. .
- When you lock a chat, the threat is taken out of the inbox and it goes its own folder.
- You can access this folder with your device password or biometric, like a fingerprint.
- It also automatically hides the contents of that chat in notifications too.
- To reveal these chats, slowly pull down on your inbox and enter your password or biometrics.
