Although this request may appear harmless, followers of the application have expressed concern that the new situations could open the door for new advertising practices by WhatsApp and its parent company, Facebook.
New WhatsApp Privacy Policy: All data will be shared with FB. This is a reminder that @signalapp Is free and they gather next to nothing pic.twitter.com/XpE5nkCNL8
– Michael Weisbacher (@mweissbacher) January 7, 2021
Last week, WhatsApp began asking users to agree to its new Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Although this request may appear harmless, followers of the application have expressed concern that the new situations could open the door for new advertising practices by WhatsApp and its parent company, Facebook.
New WhatsApp Privacy Policy: All data will be shared with FB. This is a reminder that @signalapp is free and they collect near nothing pic.twitter.com/XpE5nnCNL8
According to information revealed by the “Jerusalem Post” newspaper, clicking the “WhatsApp” button allows “WhatsApp” to share all private user data with Facebook.
This may include account details, some metadata associated with user conversations, and location information that may exceed “normal” location sharing settings.
#WhatsApp Changes to the new privacy policy help them gather “message, calling, status, group (group name, group picture, group description), payment or business features, profile photo,” about information, your “ultimate philosophy” Is found. pic.twitter.com/CYiyvNm0lU
– Selvadurai Muthupachaiyappan (Selavadurimuthu) 5 January 2021
In countries where WhatsApp is enabled, their financial data can be linked to their Facebook account, and even data related to the user’s phone model, mobile network, battery level, and other technical details are now shared by the social networking giant Will be accessed.
In the first reactions to the well-known figures, Bloomberg magazine noted that the media office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country’s Ministry of Defense have informed journalists that they will be leaving the app.
The Turkish Presidency will transfer its WhatsApp groups to Turkcell iletissim Hizmaleri AS’s encrypted messaging app “BEP”, effective from Monday 11 January.
The Ministry of Defense followed suit, and the innings coincide with Erdogan’s widespread campaign against social media platforms that activists say are intended to spread dissent.
Meanwhile, the world’s richest man, and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, issued a call from WhatsApp to transfer rival encrypted app signals, leading to an increase in the number of new users of the service.
Use signal
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021
This may not be a realistic option for many, as WhatsApp has over two billion users worldwide.
After Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014, it gave users the option to opt out of sharing data between the two apps.
However, this time, no choice is given. If you do not want to accept the conditions that will take effect, on February 8 you have only one option: to remove WhatsApp from your phone.
The push to invest more in WhatsApp came at a time when Facebook’s revenue was close to registering lower levels.
While more than 50 percent of jump messages in many countries were hit hard by Coronovirus, according to the company, these increases did not translate into more advertising dollars, as popular services are not platforms where Facebook has strong advertising activity.
Mark Zuckerberg After Changing What’s App Privacy Policy.
Privacy is an illusion in the digital world pic.twitter.com/3Cj60u4nfd
– Daman (@askdaman) 6 January, 2021
The change could also lay the foundation for introducing serving ads on the WhatsApp system, while new terms of service indicate that advertisements will no longer be added, but they leave the door open for future additions.
An update to the application, conducted in December, added a new feature that allows “WhatsApp” to send ads to users in the form of pop-up banners.
The update also included other features that were incompatible with some older iPhone and Android versions installed before 2016.
Users with older devices are advised to update their operational services or buy a new phone to access the app.
Meanwhile, WhatsApp is expected to add other new features in the next year.
If you are a WhatsApp user, you will have to share your personal data with Facebook from next month – and no, you can… https://t.co/InU4SbUR4C
– Register (@TheRegister) 6 January, 2021
Tech bloggers say that during the coming months, WhatsApp will provide voice and video calls through specialized desktop applications, and users can also open a WhatsApp account on multiple devices simultaneously; Ability to hide stored discussion from inbox even when new messages are received.
The site “Wired” revealed that the WhatsApp application has been sharing its users’ personal data with Facebook for years, and in this case is nothing new.
In 2014, users asked about the amount of data that would flow between the two platforms, Facebook and WhatsApp, in a new update titled “WhatsApp Sharing Your Data with Facebook with Years”. As of 2016, to make the move, WhatsApp has already taken steps to share data. With Facebook.
The site revealed that since 2016, more than one billion WhatsApp customers have not abandoned the “sharing privacy” feature with Facebook, except for those who understood this option and enabled them to avoid it, and they Compared to the total number were very few.
The application confirmed to the website exclusively in Tech News that the recent update did not include an amendment to the privacy laws that were made to share data with Facebook.
“The updated terms and privacy policy provide us with more information about your data and our commitment to privacy,” WhatsApp said in a statement on Monday, announcing the update.
Then he continued, “WhatsApp partners with Facebook as part of Facebook companies to provide experience and integration across a set of Facebook applications and products.”
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