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after the recent debacle with WhatsApp did anyone switch to Signal for messaging app yet?
if you have missed the news, WhatApp changed their Privacy policy recently:
The privacy policy and terms of service have been laid down in a long 8,000 odd words legal jargon (like every other policy on the planet) that in the best case would not be clear to a normal user. To cut short, now the service will share data with the parent company including location data, battery level, IMEI number, mobile network, and even more.
Not only this, the app will share information to the parent company Facebook about the groups you are participating in, real-time status, profile photo or even the data about your online status on the app. If that wasn’t enough, WhatsApp has a separate section in the new policy by the name “Transactions and Payments data.” If you’ve already assumed, then let us tell you for the sake of it – the information of your payments made through the app will also be stored. Facebook claims to use this just for analysis purpose and let’s hope it stay that way – in the worst-case scenario.
While as the unassuming user you might think that has no repercussions but experts know there’s a lot to lose in the long run as your personal data is now exposed to even more possibilities of exploitation even though Facebook would not inherently want to do that, but in the online space things aren’t as simple as they seem.
if you have missed the news, WhatApp changed their Privacy policy recently:
The privacy policy and terms of service have been laid down in a long 8,000 odd words legal jargon (like every other policy on the planet) that in the best case would not be clear to a normal user. To cut short, now the service will share data with the parent company including location data, battery level, IMEI number, mobile network, and even more.
Not only this, the app will share information to the parent company Facebook about the groups you are participating in, real-time status, profile photo or even the data about your online status on the app. If that wasn’t enough, WhatsApp has a separate section in the new policy by the name “Transactions and Payments data.” If you’ve already assumed, then let us tell you for the sake of it – the information of your payments made through the app will also be stored. Facebook claims to use this just for analysis purpose and let’s hope it stay that way – in the worst-case scenario.
While as the unassuming user you might think that has no repercussions but experts know there’s a lot to lose in the long run as your personal data is now exposed to even more possibilities of exploitation even though Facebook would not inherently want to do that, but in the online space things aren’t as simple as they seem.
WhatsApp Changes Terms Of Service: Things To Know And Better Alternatives
Popular messaging platform WhatsApp owned by Facebook with a userbase of more than 2 billion, in a surprise move, has updated its privacy policy. Users…
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