Meta has announced that you can now make all your chats disappear by default, but is this a win or loss for your privacy?
While the feature was introduced earlier this year, WhatsApp has now expanded disappearing messages by allowing you to switch it on by default for all chats, alongside more changes. The company has been introducing many features to the messaging app over the course of the year, with a refined appearance, multi-device support so you don’t need to use your phone to manage chats, and more to better rival other apps such as Telegram and iMessage. However, its new privacy policy has been a source of contention with users, giving WhatsApp the ability to read messages without your consent. While this expanded feature gives you greater control for certain chats, it could encourage abusers to use the app to better hide any conversations that could bring attention to law enforcement.
