WhatsApp banner about chats: what does it indicate?
–As of March 15, the new WhatsApp terms of use will come into force, which the company will indicate with a banner. This will soon appear in the chat overview.
In early January, Messenger WhatsApp was criticized because it wanted to force users to accept the new terms of use. The content of these provisions was formulated so unclearly that many misinterpreted them as a free ticket to transfer data to Facebook’s parent company. Since then, alternative messaging programs like Signal and Telegram have seen a rapid increase in the number of downloads. To take control of the situation, WhatsApp backtracked. The new regulations will go into effect on March 15, instead of February 8 as originally planned.
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Nothing changes in normal chat use
The messenger indicates the new appointment with a banner that appears over the WhatsApp chats. There it says that the terms of use and the data protection provisions of WhatsApp will be adapted. Changes can be checked in detail with a single click.
In fact, nothing changes with the use of your usual messaging program. WhatsApp has been sharing data with Facebook since 2016. Perhaps not many people knew about it, but TECHBOOK, among others, did. I mentioned extensively about this. In the European Union, data transmission is stricter than anywhere else. For residents of the European Union, everything remains the same.
Keep reading: WhatsApp accesses this data from your mobile phone
The new WhatsApp Terms of Use regulate how users communicate with companies through Messenger. Chats are usually end-to-end encrypted. This means that only you can read the news. Even if the WhatsApp server is hacked, nobody will be able to see the content of the chat. However, this protection does not exist in conversations with companies. The content of these messages is not encrypted. Therefore, it can be used for targeted advertising on Facebook and can be stored on the company’s servers.
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Logo leads to new WhatsApp Terms of Use
After WhatsApp has already made these changes As a status message imposed on your usersNow a banner should appear above your chats. If you click on it, a page appears To which the changes are explained.
On the other hand, WhatsApp explicitly states that communication with companies is completely optional. Users control whether they want to contact companies through WhatsApp. You can block and remove contacts from your list at any time. Chats with companies are also explicitly tagged as such, so as not to confuse them with regular chats.
WhatsApp is also trying to confirm that chats between users are still end-to-end encrypted. Therefore, neither WhatsApp nor Facebook will be able to access the content of the message.
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