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2021-01-12T08:22:41.158Z


Whatsapp changes its privacy policy. If you want to continue using the messenger, you have to agree. Is it now time for an alternative?


Whatsapp changes its privacy policy.

If you want to continue using the messenger, you have to agree.

Is it now time for an alternative?

  • The

    Messenger

    Whatsapp

    *

    changes the

    privacy policy

    drastically

    .

  • Those who do not agree can

    no longer use

    the

    chat app

    from the beginning of

    February

    .

  • Elon Musk

    recommends

    another

    messenger

    service for

    Whatsapp

    users

    .

Update from Sunday, January 10th, 2021, 1 p.m.:

It's a huge PR disaster for

WhatsApp

: The

messenger service,

which is part of the

Facebook

universe, gives its users an ultimatum.

If you do not agree to the company's new terms and conditions by February 8, 2021, you can

no longer use

the

chat app

.

Is it time for an alternative?

But what will actually change with the changed conditions for

data processing

?

Very simple: The data of

Whatsapp users

should be made accessible to all companies in the Facebook group.

Experts suspect that the data should be used primarily for advertising purposes.

Whatsapp users will in future be able to

receive

individualized advertising based on their Whatsapp usage behavior on

Facebook

or

Instagram

.

This forced service annoys numerous users of the popular chat app.

Many are looking for alternative messengers - but which use them.

For the well-known whistleblower

Edward Snowden

and Tesla boss

Elons Musk

, the matter is clear: "Use the signal!" - Musk tweeted recently.

Whatsapp with compulsory service: is the Messenger Signal an alternative?

Definitely, according to Snowden and Musk.

And chip.de also emphasizes that,

 unlike other

messengers

,

Signal

attaches

great importance to the

privacy

of users.

Accordingly, in addition to the actual content of the conversation, the sender is also encrypted.

The

app

replaces loud chip.de the sender's name through a temporary certificate that will be decrypted only by the recipient.

This means that the conversation partners can hardly be identified.

But you have to when changing from

Whatsapp

to the measuring signal Negro compromising.

No, says chip.de very clearly:

  • Group chats,

  • self destructive messages,

  • (encrypted) video calls for up to five people,

  • sharing documents and pictures or

  • even chatting directly on the desktop: all of this also works with Signal, writes chip.de.

Update from Friday, January 8th, 2021, 2 p.m.:

The new

Whatsapp

terms and conditions are

causing

displeasure among many users of the

messenger

service.

As part of the new terms and conditions, users must agree by February 8th, 2021 that Whatsapp

may share

more data with the parent company

Facebook

.

“Time for alternatives,” writes a Twitter user.

Tesla boss

Elon Musk

apparently sees it similarly

.

+

Anyone who does not agree to the new WhatsApp update will be kicked out of the messenger service.

(Symbol photo)

© Xose Bouzas / Imago Images

Messenger services like

Signal

and

Telegram

are better alternatives if you

do not agree

with the new

Whatsapp

service

, tweeted Mike Butcher, editor for the technology news portal TechCrunch.

Whatsapp shares personal information such as IP address, phone numbers and contacts without the possibility of

not agreeing to

the new

terms and conditions

.

Elon Musk

also apparently recommends

switching to the

Signal

messenger service

.

He tweeted: "Use signal".

Many users seem to follow this advice and

switch

from

Whatsapp

to other messenger services.

The

Signal

app

experienced such a huge rush that it delayed sending the verification codes.

"We're working on fixing that as soon as possible," tweeted

Signal

.

WhatsApp will share its users' personal information, including phone numbers, IP addresses, contacts, & more with Facebook from Feb. 8, according to the new T & Cs.

No opt-out.

The only way to object is to leave the service & move to a service like Signal or Telegram.

https://t.co/FbGcq5T3JB

- Mike Butcher (@mikebutcher) January 6, 2021

Experts raise serious allegations - Whatsapp expresses itself 

Update from Friday, January 8th, 2021, 6.45 a.m.:

On Thursday (January 7th, 2021) Whatsapp

renewed

its

data protection

guidelines

.

Users of the messenger service must agree to this by February 8, 2021.

Among other things, it is about how Whatsapp shares data with other Facebook companies such as Instagram.

There was a suspicion in the media that

Facebook

could use this data for advertising purposes.

Now the company has reported on the allegations.

There are "no changes to the data transfer practices of

Whatsapp

in the European region (including the UK) resulting from the updated terms of use and the privacy policy," a Whatsapp company spokesman told Spiegel.

"To avoid doubts: It is still the case that

Whatsapp

does not

share

Whatsapp user data from the European region with

Facebook

, so that Facebook can use this data to improve its products or advertisements," the spokesman continued.

This statement is in line with a tweet by Whatsapp manager Niamh Sweeney.

3/5 There are no changes to WhatsApp's data-sharing practices in Europe arising from this update.

It remains the case that WhatsApp does not share European Region WhatsApp user data with Facebook for the purpose of Facebook using this data to improve its products or ads.

- Niamh Sweeney (@NiamhSweeneyNYC) January 7, 2021

Whatsapp introduces new compulsory service

Update from Thursday, January 7th, 2021, 10:28 am:

From today, Thursday (January 7th, 2021), the time has come: The new data protection guidelines of

Whatsapp

are here.

The messenger service has been sending the new data protection guidelines to its users since today.

If you want

to continue using

Whatsapp

, you have to agree to it by February 8th, 2021.

In addition to the data protection guidelines, the general terms of use have also been renewed.

These must also be approved.

Update on data protection: WhatsApp and Facebook data are further interlinked

In essence, the changes turn into the

Whatsapp

-Datenschutzrichtlinien, respectively, the terms and conditions for the exchange and processing of data within the

Facebook

reported -Unternehmensgruppe as Macerkopf.de.

The data protection declaration specifically states:

As part of the Facebook companies, WhatsApp receives information from the Facebook companies and also shares information with them.

We can use the information we receive from you and you can use the information we share with you to operate, provide, improve, understand, individualize, support and market our services or their offers, including products from Facebook companies. 

Excerpt from the amended data protection guidelines of WhatsApp

Whatsapp

users will see the

new provisions

when opening the app

displayed.

According to Whatsapp, the data exchange should

ensure

better

service

.

However, the new service could also promote monetization within the

Facebook

group, according to macerkopf.de.

The specification of the

data

that the Facebook group collects about its users could be responsible for this.

Whatsapp with compulsory service: Those who do not agree are thrown out of the messenger

First report from Wednesday, December 9th, 2020:

Kassel - For

Christmas

there is

still a present

from

Whatsapp

in the form of an

update

.

But not every user should like this.

While some changes are nice for users, a new service might put many users off.

But the good news first.

Whatsapp

developer

Whatsapp Inc./Facebook Inc.

Publishing year

2009

category

Instant messaging

German speaking

Yes

In the past,

Whatsapp

several new features introduced * - including in recent days: In the current update, several new were

wallpapers

for the

chats

provided.

Hearts for the sister, the pet for the father - background images can be individually

adapted

with your own photos in the

messenger app

in individual chats.

Similar to the competitor

Snap Chat

,

Whatsapp

has recently added the option of

expiring

messages

.

These are messages that, in the case of Whatsapp, are

automatically

deleted

from the conversation

after seven days

.

Whatsapp update for Christmas: Messenger wants to get in touch with users

In addition, a

function has been

introduced that makes it easier for users to

delete

multiple chats and pictures in one

go in order

to gain

more

storage space

.

The company announced both on the Internet platform

Twitter

.

But also the possibility of a

chat

not just temporarily, but always

silent

to

turn

, is

new

.

But that was not all: In the future, the

messenger service Whatsapp

itself

plans

to send

messages

to its users in order to be in

contact

with them.

In this way Whatsapp wants to

expand

its

reach

.

If the company, headquartered in Dublin (Ireland), has previously announced

innovations

via its blog, the video platform

YouTube

or on social networks such as

Twitter

, the Irish now want to break new ground.

Because often go

changes

and new

features

to the

users

over.

Update: Whatsapp messages from the messenger itself reach every user

That should change now, as reported by merkur.de, among other things, Whatsapp is planning a brutal change *: So

In the

future

,

innovations

in

Whatsapp should

be

communicated to

users

directly in the app

, according to the plan.

WABetaInfo

also suspects that

there

will be an area

in the

news app in the

future in which

changes

are displayed for users

.

This

addition

in WhatsApp is intended to prevent technology laypeople from finding out about innovations from the media.

IT experts consider this innovation to be very useful in order

to close

the

information leak

.

Still, there is a

catch

.

In order for

Whatsapp to be

in direct

contact

with its

users

, they must actively

agree to

the new

terms of use

in the

app

.

This is for information

WABetaInfo

but only until

08/02/2021

possible.

Anyone who

does not agree to

the new

conditions

by the

expiry date

should

no longer be able to use the Whatsapp

messenger service in the

future.

Starting today, WhatsApp can send in-app announcements to their users.


Who knows what they are going to announce!

😁



Note: I don't mean advertisements, I mean probably announcements about features, changes, news, information and similar.

- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) December 2, 2020

Big step with the messenger service: users have to agree to WhatsApp update

A drastic step the Irish-headquartered company is taking.

So far,

users have

agreed to

the

terms of use

once after downloading and setting up the

app

and

passively

gave all subsequent

innovations

their okay by continuing to use them.

But this time everything is different: The

change

to more

transparency

and more accessible information is so great that the

active consent

of WhatsApp

users

is required.

With the disadvantage that users who do not act in time could lose access to the app.

WhatsApp now has a new feature that deletes messages after seven days.

You can find out what users need to know here.

The EU wants to bypass encryption in messaging services such as Whatsapp and Signal through a back door.

Privacy advocates are alarmed.

(Theresa Lippe, Lucas Maier, Sarah Neumeyer, Diana Rissmann)

* hna.de and merkur.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

List of rubric lists: © Xose Bouzas / Imago Images

Source: merkur

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