Users are fleeing from WhatsApp following the announcement that it would begin
sharing certain usage data with parent company Facebook
You might be seeing lot of your friends & family moving to either Telegram or
Signal Messenger
Hence the company has responded that it will delay the update.The changes now
won't go into place until after May 2021
It's notable but unsurprising that this is only a delay, rather than a reversal
Facebook isn't a non-profit or a charity; it doesn't purchase any company
without an intention to eventually make money from it
And at a whopping $19 billion, WhatsApp remains Facebook's biggest acquisition
to date — one that it hasn't yet turned into a money-printing machine.
WhatsApp has gone on the defensive, trying to emphasize that Facebook cannot
read users' communications, nor does it keep logs of location data or private
messages
Already all apps are taking some basics information of their customers to create
a greater user experience.The lines between sensitive & general data are
blurring
It depends on the country's data security law. In Europe strict GDPR rules are
in place to protect the data to some extent
However in India our data policy is still vague. A strong data security policy
should be imposed to avoid these scandals
Thoughts?
Posted by Krithika Raj on LinkedIn
link: linkedin.com/in/krithikaraj
sharing certain usage data with parent company Facebook
You might be seeing lot of your friends & family moving to either Telegram or
Signal Messenger
Hence the company has responded that it will delay the update.The changes now
won't go into place until after May 2021
It's notable but unsurprising that this is only a delay, rather than a reversal
Facebook isn't a non-profit or a charity; it doesn't purchase any company
without an intention to eventually make money from it
And at a whopping $19 billion, WhatsApp remains Facebook's biggest acquisition
to date — one that it hasn't yet turned into a money-printing machine.
WhatsApp has gone on the defensive, trying to emphasize that Facebook cannot
read users' communications, nor does it keep logs of location data or private
messages
Already all apps are taking some basics information of their customers to create
a greater user experience.The lines between sensitive & general data are
blurring
It depends on the country's data security law. In Europe strict GDPR rules are
in place to protect the data to some extent
However in India our data policy is still vague. A strong data security policy
should be imposed to avoid these scandals
Thoughts?
Posted by Krithika Raj on LinkedIn
link: linkedin.com/in/krithikaraj