If you have WHATSAPP installed on your phone,
you need to watch this video until the end
because we will address questions
on everyone's mind-
Can we still trust WHATSAPP,
or should you delete from your phone?
Lately, many WHATSAPP users
have been jumping ship
to more secure messaging apps like SIGNAL and TELEGRAM
after WHATSAPP announced recent updated privacy policy.
Many users pointed out
this important line was removed,
"Respect for your privacy is coded in our DNA, since we started WHATSAPP, we've
aspired to build our services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind".
But what does new policy actually say?
Well in simple terms,
if you want to continue using WHATSAPP
after FEB 8th
you have to agree to sharing your personal data
with FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM
so they can customize ads on their platforms.
Personal data includes;
your phone number,
your profile picture,
your WHATSAPP status, your IP address,
your ABOUT info,
your language, time zone,
how often you use app,
and what groups you've joined.
But ladies and gentlemen, those are just the basics.
If you communicate with a business via WHATSAPP
and that business chose to be hosted
by a third-party service,
that third-party service might be able to read your messages
and use whatever information there for their benefit.
That third party by the way
can be FACEBOOK.
In that case, FACEBOOK may use these chats
to personalize content for you.
Remember that time you spoke about something
then saw an ad about that next day?
Funny thing about WHATSAPP update though,
most of it old news.
Early as August 2016
WHATSAPP already started
sharing user information with FACEBOOK.
Users were given 30 days
to opt out that policy change.
If you were aware back then
and you said no, then you're safe now.
If you didn't
well, it's not the end of the world.
To be clear,
all your private messages, videos, pictures, recordings
according to FACEBOOK remain safe.
Yes, my dear Mark Zuckerburg won't be able to read them.
But apart from that,
should you delete WHATSAPP or not?
Ask yourself these two questions;
number one,
how much you trust FACEBOOK?
Number two,
will you be able to sleep soundly at night
knowing all your personal data I listed earlier
will be available to them?
But then again,
you have just watched this video on FACEBOOK
and probably earlier today GOOGLED something too
which means that
most of your personal data
is already out there.