WhatsApp Develops 1-Time Texts for iPhone, Blocking Screenshots and Forwarding
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Updated · MacRumors · Jun 17
WhatsApp Develops 1-Time Texts for iPhone, Blocking Screenshots and Forwarding
3 articles · Updated · MacRumors · Jun 17
Summary
WhatsApp is building an iPhone feature that lets recipients open a text message only once before it disappears, extending its existing view-once format beyond photos, videos and voice notes.
A long-press on the Send button will surface a “Send as view once” option, and the delivered text cannot be copied, forwarded or shared after it is opened.
Screenshot and screen-recording blocks are also planned to stop users from preserving the message, with the feature slated for both one-to-one and group chats but not channels.
The tool is still in development and has not rolled out broadly; it follows a recent beta feature that starts disappearing-message countdowns only after a message is read.