Have a violent reaction against WhatsApp in the last few days since it was announced that privacy policies have been revised. Déjenme intends to explain what happened.
Some people think that the messaging application should oblige the user to enter their personal data on Facebook, which is the owner of WhatsApp.
This is not all correct.
WhatsApp’s policies change cosmetically and have no way of giving it more Facebook data. The conclusion is that Facebook has retrieved a lot of information about what the people want on WhatsApp.
The confusion was the result of the failed Facebook communications, the lack of trust in the company and the protection of incomplete dates in the United States.
This is what I exchanged with WhatsApp and what I do:
Facebook consists of WhatsApp and 2014 and from 2016, after which the use of the mensajería han estado (generalmente sin saberlo) can activate the information as actively as Facebook.
Facebook knows the phone numbers that are used, the frequency with which the application is opened, the resolution of the device slipper, the estimate estimated from the connection to the Internet and more, as my colleague Kashmir Hill said a few years ago .
Facebook uses information to ensure that WhatsApp works correctly and to help a company create a display on Facebook.
Facebook can mirror the content of text messages or phone calls because WhatsApp communications are encrypted. Facebook also says that no sign-ups about who communicates with WhatsApp people, and WhatsApp contacts are not shared with Facebook.
WhatsApp has many positive aspects. Ease of use and communications in the application are safe. Per sí, WhatsApp is Facebook, a company in which many do not confide.
There are alternatives, including Signal and Telegram, which have recently received a slew of new users. The electronic frontier group Digital Electronic Frontier Foundation says that Signal and WhatsApp are good options for the majority of people. The Wall Street Journal also analyzes the pros and cons of various popular messaging applications.
The reason why WhatsApp recently notified users of the application about the revised privacy rules is that Facebook is in the process of making WhatsApp a place to talk to an airline about a lost bike, looking for balls and paying for things.
WhatsApp policies change to reflect the likelihood of commercial transactions involving the level of activity between Facebook applications; for example, a browser that navigates WhatsApp could appear slower in its Instagram application.
Unfortunately, WhatsApp has a terrible job of explaining the news of its privacy policy. Kash and yo, a rock star of data privacy, we have a good amount of information to share.
We would also like to mention the most profound reasons for the malentendidos.
First and foremost, it’s a Facebook history of being arrogant with our personal and impersonal data with the form in which it employs its societies. It is not surprising that the people assume that Facebook changes the policies of WhatsApp in a manic manner.
On the other hand, the people have the right to understand that privacy policies are confusing and that in fact we do not have the power to make companies recover less data.
“This is the problem with the naturalness of the privacy law in the United States,” said Kash. “Whenever you think you’re stuck in a policy that probably does not lead, you can do what you want”.
It also means that the digital services including WhatsApp are not an opa poco atractiva. We cede control over what succeeds with our personal information or do not use the service. Eso es.