After users were invited to adopt its new data sharing policy with Facebook, many people turned to the popular messaging platform and looked for alternatives. As a result, Signal has reached the top of the Play Store, promising to respect the privacy of its users. Although WhatsApp is trying to reassure the crowd and claims that chats and calls will remain encrypted, it is decided to give more time to people before they are forced to accept the new terms.
In a new blog post, WhatsApp acknowledges that it has created a mess with its new policies and tries to reinforce the fact that conversations would remain encrypted and that WhatsApp or Facebook would not be able to access messages, call files, shared locations and contacts . .
However, as the damage has already been done, it wants to give users more time to understand its new policies, which only apply to conversations with businesses. The update allows them to integrate their WhatsApp experience with Facebook, which means that some data can be shared with the social platform as the business you are chatting with, using the Facebook hosting service or if you decide to make payments via WhatsApp . The new policy also enables a business to place a WhatsApp button on their Facebook page so you can quickly send them a message using WhatsApp.
Given how difficult it is for WhatsApp to regain people’s trust, the company decided to give users more time to “understand” the new terms. Therefore, the deadline has been extended to February 8, which will allow the company to communicate further about its new policy and clarify its terms. With that in mind, the ultimatum has been pushed back to May 15, which Facebook hopes will be enough time to ensure people are comfortable with the fact that their WhatsApp data will remain encrypted and at least not shared with Facebook. in most cases.
