WhatsApp document scanning gets closer to launch as more beta testers get access

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herbst · 4h ago

> This will give users a privacy-friendly way to snap photos of documents and automatically convert them to PDF ready for sharing.

Why on earth is this even news? There are 500 less privacy intriguing document to PDF websites out there. I am sure a few also accept photos.

Not to mention that this sounds like the perfect example of a GPT wrapper that doesn't need to be a own product.

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WhatsApp document scanning gets closer to launch as more beta testers get access

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