“Millions of WhatsApp users ABANDON the app and switch to rivals Telegram or Signal ahead of privacy policy update that will force them to share their personal data with Facebook Millions of WhatsApp users have taken the drastic step of abandoning the app ahead of a privacy policy update that will f”
Spike in new privacy-conscious users disrupt Signal’s servers
“Awareness around personal data privacy has been at an all-time high globally with users now extremely conscious of what sort of data is being collected by technology companies and most importantly how that information is being used.”
WhatsApp: Let us share your data with Facebook or else
“In a surprise move, WhatsApp recently gave many of its users a difficult choice: they could either accept a revised privacy policy that explicit allowed the service to share information with parent company Facebook by February 8th, or decline and risk not being able to use the service at all.”
New Warning Issued For All WhatsApp And iMessage Users: ‘Major Threat’ To Encryption
“The fight between the providers of encrypted messaging platforms and lawmakers has entered a serious new phase.”
Federal Encryption Battle Could Spread to WhatsApp
“The New York Times reports that government officials are debating how to gain access to encrypted WhatsApp messages that have been approved for monitoring by a federal judge in a criminal investigation.”
Facebook Buys Messaging App WhatsApp for $19 Billion – Report, Details
“That’s 19 times of what they paid for the popular Image sharing website Instagram. Yes, Facebook bought the very popular chat app WhatsApp for a whooping sum of $19 billion.”