The upgrade did not mesh well with social media, which is now targeting the networking giant with jokes and warnings that they would leave the site and switch to Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging network, a video chat platform, if the organisation did not restore its strategy to what it was before. Others claim that their privacy would be invaded if WhatsApp continues exchanging their contact details and transaction data with Facebook, although others believe that Facebook already has access to the information, and this is just an official clarification of the fact.
Users: Is it provides privacy? pic.twitter.com/GZCw8NiL8S — Ojash🖤 (@confused_ojash) January 8, 2021
— Momna Tahir (@momna_tahir) January 8, 2021
— WITCHER😈 (@tweetsby_ak) January 8, 2021
— zyzz (@MohdAzizAhmed3) January 7, 2021 In all this new privacy policy drama, SpaceX and Tesla’s boss, Elon Musk, encouraged people to use the privacy-focused Signal messaging app after WhatsApp pressured users to adhere to contentious new terms and conditions.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021
— Fatima Jaffri (@FatimaJaffri7) January 8, 2021 WhatsApp will also exchange your phone numbers and transaction details with Facebook. In the meantime, the company stated that the purpose of this move was to encourage the protection of users.
