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| This is how your profile pic will looks like once the feature is on (Image Credit: Facebook) |
The social media giant Facebook is introducing a new feature for users in India which will help them protect their online privacy by preventing others from misusing their profile picture. The feature is called Profile Picture Guard and is being rolled out after security and privacy concerns faced by the users in India while using Facebook.
If you are living in India, you might find the Profile Picture Guard feature next time when you log in to your account since the feature was revealed on Wednesday. Once enabled the feature will block others from saving your profile picture and taking a screenshot of it.
According to Facebook Product Manager, Aarati Soman, Profile Picture Guard also comes with a new design feature that will display a blue border and a shield around your picture to confirm that it is protected.
For now, the feature will only be available on Android devices and here is what it will do for you:
- Other people will no longer be able to download, share or send your profile picture in a message on Facebook
- People you’re not friends with on Facebook won’t be able to tag anyone, including themselves, in your profile picture
- Where possible, we’ll prevent others from taking a screenshot of your profile picture on Facebook, which is currently available only on Android devices
- We’ll display a blue border and shield around your profile picture as a visual cue of protection
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