WhatsApp is one of the most used messaging apps on the planet, offering a quick and easy way for people to stay in touch and send images, recordings, videos and text messages in the blink of an eye.
However, some users are a little concerned after information came to light to suggest that the app actually stores photos that users think they’ve deleted.
Internet security is an increasingly important issue as more and more people start to worry about what social media sites and other networks might be doing with all of their data and images, and this is the latest incident in a long list of worrying tales.
Android experts say that a new update to the service has caused some kind of malfunction with WhatsApp, causing images to be saved even when you try to delete them.
A website called WaBetaInfo has shown that it is possible to download photos which were supposed to have been deleted several months ago.
WhatsApp usually deletes images automatically after a 1-month period, but this latest problem seems to have thrown the system out of line.
Fortunately, the images are all protected by encryption, meaning it’s not possible for random users to go around and claim or download your photos, so you don’t need to worry about other people seeing your embarrassing snaps.
However, this matter is still a cause for concern, with many users a little more wary about taking and sending images to their friends.
In addition, some tech experts have claimed that data on WhatsApp isn’t very well protected, with one leading engineer suggesting that hackers can easily break into WhatsApp accounts and find all sorts of personal data with ease, so you might want to be more careful about what you write on the app.