On May 15, Facebook rolled out WhatsApp’s new privacy policy. A text that of course did not please most Internet users and even the courts, this one authorizing the two firms to communicate our personal data. The solution was then, for the publisher, to force its users to accept its conditions. To do this, it was simply planned to block those who do not, after multiple warnings.
But in a recent interview with The Next Web (Financial Times), an executive in the messaging platform has just announced that it is going back. According to him, this decision would have been taken in accordance with the opinions of several “authorities”But also experts in“confidentiality“, Probably held back by the barriers of lawmakers, most of them standing against the contract. We will not know more, but it would in any case only be an additional delay and not a total cancellation.
The reminders will continue
In addition, WhatsApp also specifies that even if its app will not limit recalcitrant accounts, it will not stop offering the new privacy policy via messages superimposed on the rest of the content. It will be possible to close the pop-up window that will appear, but not to prevent its return the next time the service is potentially opened. It is therefore likely that some end up agreeing to provide their private information to Facebook.
Whether or not the developer will actually end up forcing their members to abide by their rules is another story. It is thus quite likely that extensive lobbying initiatives will succeed in changing the minds of institutions, just as a quick decision by the Senate or the European Commission is likely to put an end to it.
A mess of desert
Even if registrations on WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger are not about to stop, they are however in major decline since the multiplicity of security scandals affecting Palo Alto. Many people then opt for alternatives considered less dangerous such as Telegram or Signal, as recent figures shared by the specialist firm Sensor Tower seem to prove.
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By: WhatsApp Inc.
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