Dinesh jain
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Just days after WhatsApp introduced Blue
Ticks, which confirms that a Whatsapp
message has been read, the company is
testing a way to make it an optional feature.
According to a several users who were using
WhatsApp downloaded directly from the site,
the latest version of WhatsApp would allow
users to turn off the message read receipts.
The feature is still going to be on by default.
But users will be able to go into settings of the
app and switch it off.
This is similar to how WhatsApp implements
the "last seen" feature. This too can be turned
off.
However, as it is the case with the "last seen"
feature, once you turn off the Blue Ticks
feature you will neither get the read receipts
for the message you sent nor people
communicating with you would get the read
receipts for their message. The idea is that the
level of privacy that you seek will also be
provided to people you communicate with,
whether you want it or not.
While getting a 'message read' receipt is a very
convenient it is also fraught with risk to
privacy. There are occasions when even
though we have read a message, we like to
avoid the conversation. The two Blue Ticks
makes it difficult. This led to widespread
outrage among WhatsApp users several days
ago when the feature was rolled out to users.
WhatsApp will allow users to disable Blue Ticks feature
