WhatsApp is making a major change to prevent people from taking screenshots of your sensitive information

META tries to make WhatsApp more secure by preventing other users from taking a screenshot of your profile photo.

It acts as an additional layer of privacy on the platform and prevents users from making other people's profile photos as their own.

Impersonation and phishing are – as with any messenger or social media platform – rife on WhatsApp.

The ability to block screenshots will stop cybercriminals from exploiting people who show their faces on their profiles.

WhatsApp has been trying to eliminate this for years.

Streaming apps like Netflix and Disney+ have had a screenshot block built into their apps for years, in an effort to stop piracy and spoilers.

The upcoming feature was discovered in the latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android, WABetaInfo reported.

This version is currently only available to beta testers.

Beta testers are people who test new devices and software before a company rolls them out to their global user audience – and you can become one.

According to Tom's Guide, the new feature can be turned on and off in the Settings menu under the Privacy tab.

Once enabled, users will see a pop-up notification stating that they cannot take a screenshot “due to app restrictions.”

It's unclear whether the app can detect and block someone who tries to include a profile photo.

WhatsApp introduced the option to prevent users from saving other people's profile pictures about five years ago with the intention of preventing bad actors.

But the ability to take screenshots on smartphones undid that effort.

Therefore, the ability to block screenshots on certain parts of the app could increase people's privacy and perhaps combat some of the identity fraud on the platform.

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