WhatsApp media and privacy guidance

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• WhatsApp disappearing messages are not a video backup

  WhatsApp disappearing messages govern a conversation’s message lifetime, not the existence of an independent video archive.

• WhatsApp Status visibility and expiry are not file retention

  WhatsApp Status is a time-limited sharing feature, not an independent video archive.

• WhatsApp video file versus a shared chat link

  An authorized video attachment and a link into a WhatsApp conversation are different objects.

• WhatsApp View Once media versus a retained authorized file

  WhatsApp View Once media is intended for a different retention workflow from an ordinary video attachment.