Corporates have warned against the use of WhatsApp for company work.
WhatsApp on Tuesday said its latest policy update does not affect the privacy of messages as the Facebook-owned company sought to address concerns around security of user data on the platform
WhatsApp's new terms can affect privacy
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About 810,000 users globally installed Signal on Sunday, nearly 18-fold compared with the download numbers on Jan. 6, the day WhatsApp updated its privacy terms
Sharma along with Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey and others is urging users to protect their privacy by moving on to Signal app
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WhatsApp on Monday said that they have asked Google not to index such chats and advised users not to share group chat links on publicly accessible websites
Rival messaging app Signal emerged from oblivion to hit the top slot as the most downloaded communication application (app) in the country on Sunday
The update has received criticism from a multitude of users globally
At about 500 million users and growing, Telegram has become a major problem for the Facebook corporation
Business Standard lists three WhatsApp alternative that are free to use
Encrypted messaging app Signal saw a significant surge in new users signing up for its platform after Elon Musk tweeted to his 41.5 million followers to use the app
Users must agree to the changes, or they won't be able to use WhatsApp
The users have at least one month's notice before the privacy policy and terms go into effect in February 2021
WhatsApp has updated its terms of service and privacy policy regarding how it processes user data and partners with Facebook to offer integrations
WhatsApp users received an in-app notification on Wednesday asking them to either accept the changes in its Terms of Service and privacy policy by February 8 or their accounts will be deleted
WhatsApp will stop working for some iPhones as well as Android smartphones starting January 1, 2021.
Even as Paytm, PhonePe and Amazon Pay collectively lost $1 billion in FY19, WhatsApp has come up with Business, its first revenue-making initiative in India
WhatsApp accused the spyware maker of using a since-closed vulnerability in the messaging service to install spyware on the phones of at least 1,400 users