WhatsApp now will let you sendprivate and disappearing photos and videos.

WhatsApp said the feature is aimed at “giving users, even more, control over their privacy.”

Experts urge caution, however, with your private pics.

Someone taking a selfie with a dog in the middle of a dirt field.

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Once you send a View Once photo or video, WhatsApp wont show it again.

Theres also a time limit.

Screenshots of how the WhatsApp disappearing messages feature works.

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“Organizations are required to retain messages for future investigation purposes.”

“Confide was built specifically for disappearing messages,” Brown added.

Telegram allows end-to-end encrypted secret chats.

Messages cannot be forwarded to other users and disappear if a user switches devices."

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They all have their limits, though.

Basu says that users cant control how service providers handle the data passed through their systems.