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WhatsApp uses Status to reinforce privacy commitment


Levi Dua

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The Facebook is using the Status feature WhatsApp GB to strengthen the commitment to privacy app. This week, users will find messages on the subject when accessing functionality similar to Instagram Stories.

According to the company's note to The Verge , the intention is to combat misinformation regarding the app's recent privacy rules . In this way, they will use the Status tool to communicate directly with the messenger users.

Status messages already appear for some Brazilian WhatsApp users.

 

The message highlights that sharing WhatsApp GB  data with Facebook does not affect the way users communicate particularly. It also reinforces that the app will continue to use end-to-end encryption to protect conversations.

This is an effort by Facebook to avoid “misperceptions” about the messenger’s privacy policy. Only business accounts in the app will be affected by the new terms of the platform .

However, people have misinterpreted the information and believe that the term privacy means sharing confidential information. The “news” did not please users due to Facebook’s history of privacy errors.

After several people migrated to competing apps, the company postponed the date for implementing the privacy terms that will take effect in May this year. So she continues to look for ways to clarify as many doubts on the subject.

Telegram and Signal debut new features to attract new users.

 

Competitor news

Taking advantage of the complicated moment of WhatsApp, competitors continue to present attractive features to new users. For example, Telegram announced a tool that allows you to import conversation history from the Facebook application.

Meanwhile, Signal added the possibility to use animated stickers and change the wallpaper of the conversations . Both are similar features and widely used by WhatsApp users.

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