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WhatsApp privacy promise might not be as strong as it sounds under Facebook
Facebook seems to possess something sort of a reverse Midas touch where it infects anything it buys with a particular curse. As a result, social networks thriving before they became Facebook properties are transformed into questionable businesses that believe in violating privacy to form a profit. That even includes WhatsApp, whose claim to fame has always been its end-to-end encryption and privacy guarantee. Now it seems that there could be a little loophole that provides Facebook a touch of flexibility to break that trust truly, usually under the guise of observing the law. End-to-end encryption means messages are practically scrambled until they reach the intended recipient, and that’s how WhatsApp works generally. There is, however, one particular instance where that doesn’t apply. When a user flags a message as potentially improper, all bets are off, and WhatsApp moderators get a transparent and unscrambled view of that message and other things associated with it. WhatsApp doesn’t call these quite 1,000 contract workers “moderators,” preferring the term “content reviewers.” Unlike moderators who can delete threads or specific messages, these reviewers can only do three things: ignore the report, place the reported account under watch, or ban the account immediately. A bit like moderators, however, they need a transparent view of the allegedly offending message, four messages before that message, and metadata concerning users therein conversation. Unfortunately, whistleblowers revealed to Pro Publica that WhatsApp’s guidelines for judging reported messages are confusing, arcane, and even disturbing. It doesn’t help that messages are available in all languages, and Facebook’s automatic translation tool sometimes erroneously labels languages. As a result, mistranslations and misunderstandings have caused companies selling shaving razors to be flagged for selling weapons, and people selling bras are labeled as a sexually oriented business. While regular, unflagged messages remain strongly encrypted, metadata about WhatsApp users aren’t, and Facebook can readily provide law enforcers with these when requested. Big Tech also has a worrying push to develop AI, which will glean some information even from encrypted messages. Within the end, even a platform or service that technically does offer strong security guarantees still works on a system of trust, and Facebook’s ownership of WhatsApp might not exactly engender that. Read the full article
WhatsApp on Monday said it will not limit the functionality for users not agreeing to its new privacy policy but will continue to remind users about the update, and “maintain this approach” till the forthcoming data protection law comes into effect. . . . Like ❤️ Save 🔐 Share ⬆️ and Comment 💌 . . . Do let me know what do you think in the comments below . Follow ➡️@techpix96 Follow ➡️@techpix96 Follow ➡️@techpix96 . . . #whatsapp #whatsappprivacy #privacypolicy #whatsappban #whatsappstatus #whatsappgroup #whatsappchat #whatsappstickers #whatsapp📲 #whatsappvideo #whatsappgroup #whatsappgruppe #statuswhatsapp #whatsappbusiness #whatsappvideostatus #whatsappstory #whatsappplus #whatsappmarketing #whatsappchats #whatsapppremium #whatsappmemes #whatsapp_video #whatsapppolicy #socialmedia #onlineprivacy #techpix #technews #india #delhi #mumbai #bangalore (at New Delhi, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWQZn2D8L1/?utm_medium=tumblr
In short, if users want to continue to use their WhatsApp account in the future they must have to accept WhatsApp new terms, if they do not
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Security is the most important step in online presence on WhatsApp and it’s in our hands and you/we must be very careful when sharing, chats
It's usually 3 strikes and you're out. But Facebook seems to have several lives; maybe 9? Zuckerburg, you feline.
Strike 9: Phone numbers and personal information of over 500 million Facebook users were leaked online. Facebook confirms that it was legitimate user data that was leaked but dismisses it’s high-security level by saying it was data that was taken from fakebook in 2020.
Watch video by Reuters (click to watch)
And as you can tell from this article at Selfkey (click to read) written on March 11th, 2020 that Facebook has had a long history of data leaks. We have summarized the list below.
2013 - 6 million users
2018 May - 14 million users
2018 Sep - 50 million users
2019 Mar - 600 million users
2019 Apr - 540 million users
2019 Apr - 1.5 million users (yes twice in the same month)
2019 Sep - 419 million users
2019 Dec - 309 million users
Now imagine all of your WhatsApp messages linked to your Facebook account.
So what should you do about it?
Well some sites will tell you that you can check if your data was leaked by going to a particular URL and submitting the email address that you used to login to Facebook. WARNING! Do not do this! This will only confirm to the holder of this breached database that your email is legitimate and that it belongs to an actual user. Think about it, even if you find out that your data is leaked, there is still nothing you can do about what has already been made public. The only way you can gain peace of mind in future is by deleting your Facebook account and of course without a doubt delete WhatsApp!
Why use an exploitative inferior communications app such as WhatsApp when there are carbon copied versions of it namely “Signal Private Messenger” that has all the features you need including privacy and security? Afterall, even Zuckerburg uses Signal (click to read).
Just something to ponder.
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