WhatsApp Restricted Chat locks a conversation to your primary phone
WhatsApp is developing a 'Restricted Chat' feature that prevents specific conversations from syncing to linked devices or web clients. This privacy-focused update aims to keep sensitive chats confined to a primary mobile device and inaccessible to third-party AI agents.
Why it matters
As messaging apps become more integrated with AI, this feature addresses growing user concerns regarding data privacy and unauthorized access to private conversations.
WhatsApp Restricted Chat locks a conversation to your primary phone WhatsApp is building a per-chat setting that keeps a conversation on a single phone. The setting, called Restricted Chat, sits in the Android beta distributed through Google Play as version 2.26.36.5, and it stops the app from syncing a chosen conversation to linked devices. Switch it on and the chat stays on the primary mobile device, out of reach of WhatsApp Web and any secondary phone signed in to the same account.
WhatsApp Restricted Chat (Source: WABetaInfo)
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