Scottish Minister’s WhatsApp Timer Wipes New Messages Within 24 Hours

Published on February 7, 2024

An SNP minister responsible for freedom of information and government transparency uses a default timer to wipe WhatsApp messages within 24 hours, it has emerged. George Adam, who serves as the Scottish parliamentary business minister, was challenged on his 24-hour WhatsApp timer during an interview with the BBC’s “Good Morning Scotland.” The interviewer said to Mr. Adam: “When we were setting up this call, we had this notification flash up saying George Adam uses a default timer for disappearing messages in new chats. New messages will disappear from this chat 24 hours after they’re sent.” WhatsApp users can set messages to disappear 24 hours, 7 days, or 90 days after they’re sent unless that message is kept. Disappearing messages can be turned on for all or selected chats....

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