The new setting, which is "rolling out to everyone on the latest version of WhatsApp", is designed to stop people from taking anything you share in WhatsApp outside of chats and groups. When it's ...

First, check to see whether you have the latest version of WhatsApp. Let's start with Android. Under "App info," if it says you have version 2.19.134, good news! Your phone is protected.

However, WhatsApp says this is its “first version” of the feature, and that it plans to add more protections down the line.

WhatsApp is working on new features that will bring the web page version of the messenger closer to that of the bespoke apps. Voice and video calls aren’t yet available on the relatively ...