WhatsApp, the most widely used instant messaging app in many countries, is not without problems. Although little by little the application is improving to match its rivals and focuses more and more on security and privacy, a problem related to this last aspect has appeared.
This WhatsApp privacy error is related to the ability to delete messages. This feature came to WhatsApp a while ago and can be very useful. But with this error, the function loses all its usefulness.
This privacy bug affects iPhones but not in the way you might think
Specifically, the error occurs when sending multimedia content, both to groups and to individual contacts. Thus, if the recipient has a iPhone and we remove the media, the recipient will still be able to view it as it will only be removed from the chat.
This happens if the receiver has activated the configuration that comes with installing WhatsApp. And it is that, by maintaining that configuration that comes standard, the photos and videos are automatically downloaded to the device's roll iOS.
The function that causes the privacy error
So when the sender sends them, no matter how much you use the "Remove for all" function, it will not be removed from the reel. This happens, as we have said, whenever the recipient has an iPhone. But it doesn't matter if the sender has an iPhone or any other device.
This is because WhatsApp on iPhone does not have as much access to the system as on other operating systems. And therefore, you cannot delete the photo or video from your roll. That Whatsapp does not have as much access to our device as in other systems is positive. But in this case we are facing a privacy failure.
We imagine that, in the next version of the application that should arrive with the next update, WhatsApp will try to correct this bug in any way. We will see if they succeed, since it is an error to take into account.
