This new feature comes under several of WhatApp's security enhancements that it has been working upon in order to ensure maximum security and privacy to its users. Information surfacing about this upcoming feature has left users in a state of confusion.
"Fingerprint Security: When enabled, fingerprint is required to open WhatsApp and conversation screenshots are blocked. You can still reply to messages from notifications and answer calls if WhatsApp is locked," news agency IANS quoted a screenshot of the beta version of the 'Authentication' feature.
However, WhatsApp will not be the only one to roll out a feature like this. Digital streaming service Netflix also does not allow its users to take screen grabs of the videos. Even social media platform Snapchat notifies users every time when someone takes screenshots of their uploads.
There has been no official announcement about the feature by WhatsApp yet and hence it is not clear why the feature works like this. Even there is no clarification on what would be the criteria for this feature and how exactly will it work.
The company, earlier this month, also released an official statement saying that it would be soon come up with a new feature that would stop people from adding users automatically to group chats. As of now, one can add you to any chat group without your permission exposing your numbers to several others whom you might not want to share it with.