On WhatsApp, another function that may not be in great demand is on its way (such as the ability to edit messages after sending oh you have a single account on two different smartphones), but which more than others is destined to change our relationship with the popular messaging app.
According to a screenshot published by Wabetainfo, the developers are working on a sort of Incognito mode, similar to the one that allows you to use browsers to browse online without leaving traces: from what we understand, we will not only be able to hide the date and time of our last access (which can already be done) but also not to show us at the exact moment we are online and are writing to someone.
How WhatsApp works incognito
As you can see from the image, the section Who can see my personal information (Privacy screen of the Settings), in addition to including the current item Last accessed, will also have another one dedicated to Who can see when I’m online: we can select whether this information will be visible to all, or whether to link it to when decided for the last access.
By choosing the most restrictive setting (None), it means in practice that even while we are connected to WhatsApp to write a message, send a photo or record a voice, no one will be able to see that we are online.
What is this thing for? We tend to be left alone while we are writing chatting with someone and we don’t want to be contacted by others. But also, more seriously, to protect our privacy more and to make life more complicated for stalkers and harassers.
When Whatsapp arrives incognito
The screenshot is taken from a beta version of WhatsApp for iOS, but from Wabetainfo they explained that the feature should also be available for Android (and for the desktop version of the app). The timing and availability are not yet clear: at the moment, the option cannot be activated on iOS on Android, not even in beta, but it shouldn’t be long before it is.