Users Should Be Aware That WhatsApp Locked Chat Only Functions on Their Phone
WhatsApp Locked Chat is very useful if you want to keep your personal conversations extra private and like to lock them behind a PIN or biometric. WhatsApp already offers end-to-end encryption, which is pretty secure in itself, but you can still make people see your private conversations, especially if you want to prevent them from seeing it.
Locked chats are useful in such situations. However, locked chats are only compatible with phones, so if you use the web version of WhatsApp in a browser, locked chats will automatically become visible to everyone.
WhatsApp has made it clear in its own way that locked chats don’t work on desktop, but there’s a good chance you might have missed that notice, and we don’t blame you.
If you click on the profile of the account and scroll down, WhatsApp will clearly say that you can lock or have locked a chat on this device, which is available when you enable chat lock on Android or iPhone. But the good news is that WhatsApp has also started testing locked chats in the web client and we hope that the public release is not that far away.
This development is a welcome relief for those who rely on the web client to manage their WhatsApp messages. When this feature is finally launched, it will mean that all iOS, Android and web platforms will have this functionality, providing a secure and synchronized experience for WhatsApp users.
WhatsApp is also working on other features that include the ability to create stickers online and also change status updates on the desktop app, both of which have been tested by beta testers in recent weeks.
