At the start of the year, the WhatsApp application made a name for itself. In fact, a notification signaled to users a new update of the terms of use, WhatsApp will share some user data to Facebook. This update to the terms will allow Facebook to collect more metadata to further refine the company’s predictive algorithms making targeted advertising more relevant. In addition, Facebook and its subsidiaries reserve the right to disclose and monetize this data with an external company. Following this announcement of users’ metadata pooling transfers, some of them have decided to quit the application to move towards more data-friendly applications. Signal is one of the more privacy-friendly applications. Indeed, Signal makes it a point of honor to preserve the data of its users. All functionality of the application is encrypted and encrypted.
Several famous people have recommended the Signal app. Following these announcements, the application has seen an increase of more than 4000% of its downloads. Signal’s interface is very clear and offers the same functionality as WhatsApp.
In France, the data collected by sites or obligations are governed by the RGPD (General Data Protection Regulation). We are therefore not concerned for the transfer of data to Facebook. However, WhatsApp Business users will not be so lucky.
Even if European users are not affected by this data leak for the moment, we can nevertheless wonder if it was not the right time to change instant messaging …
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