The recent controversy surrounding the new privacy policy of the WhatsApp messaging service led many users to switch to other similar apps.
The recent controversy around the new privacy policy of the messaging service WhatsApp made many users switch to other similar apps. However, data collection by Messenger de Facebook it is significantly more alarming than that of WhatsApp, warns the American magazine Forbes.
“WhatsApp looked bad when compared to Signal and Telegram, but it looked truly angelic compared to Messenger,” writes Zak Doffman, cybersecurity specialist and author of the article for the outlet.
According to the journalist, the failure of WhatsApp has distracted attention from how serious Messenger’s invasion of the privacy of its users is.
In response to user and media attacks, WhatsApp ensured that he cannot view private messages nor can he do so Facebook.
“However, there is no such luck, if you are a Messenger user,” says Doffman.
Facebook admits that it monitors the content sent in private messages between users, says the author. Y Facebook it definitely shares all its metadata with itself, he adds.
“We all know that Facebook lives off our data, that’s how we pay for their ‘free’ services.”
To illustrate “the scant respect” of Messenger de Facebook privacy, the journalists recalled that the researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakr revealed that the app was downloading private attachments sent between users to its own servers, as well as links to shared files and websites.
Source: mundo.sputniknews.com
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