The new recent privacy policy update from WhatsApp has changed everything how the company might thought about the roll out. After the new privacy policy law and tweet from Elon mask to use Signal has raised a serious Privacy concerns against WhatsApp and the company started losing subscribers.
But uncle I thought “Indians don’t care about #privacy”? pic.twitter.com/UBRWt9TkKY
— Malavika Raghavan (@teninthemorning) January 13, 2021
According to the latest reports posted by telegram and signal tells how whatsapp new Privacy Policy destroyed company’s reputation on data protection alliance with Facebook’s Poor Privacy reputation.
Telegram surpassed 500 million active users. 25 million new users joined in the last 72 hours: 38% came from Asia, 27% from Europe, 21% from Latin America and 8% from MENA. https://t.co/1LptHZb9PQ
— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) January 12, 2021
WhatsApp started making clarifications on their new Privacy Policy.
We want to be clear that the policy update does not affect the privacy of your messages with friends or family in any way. Instead, this update includes changes related to messaging a business on WhatsApp, which is optional, and provides further transparency about how we collect and use data.
- We can’t see your private messages or hear your calls, and neither can Facebook
- We don’t keep logs of who everyone is messaging or calling
- We can’t see your shared location and neither can Facebook
- We don’t share your contacts with Facebook
- You can download your data
- You can set your messages to disappear
https://twitter.com/WhatsApp/status/1348839600333049857?s=19
So this is it at the end of the day we can’t trust any one. It all about tradeoffs. Use it to don’t use it . More information about whatsapp Privacy and policy is coming stay tuned to our website.
Pls RT. Did you read WhatsApp’s full page ad in the morning newspaper? Just like it’s privacy policy it’s not telling you completely and accurately the risks of data sharing. Download and circulate this infographic widely! pic.twitter.com/gpNPb0v93g
— Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) (@internetfreedom) January 13, 2021