What is the "WhatsApp Privacy" Debate?
WhatsApp is an inevitable and integral part of our lives nowadays. We just cannot think of a day when we don't check messages or put up a status. What will happen if the platform just stops its operations in the country? Unimaginable... That's, not probably, going to happen. However, this year the messaging giant unknowingly opened Pandora's box (especially for India) when it updated its privacy policy, wherein, it openly stated that it will share yours, mine, and everybody else's data with Facebook and its companies like FB Messenger, Instagram, etc. The earlier update, in 2020, that the platform brought out had an option for you to opt out. But now there's only an "agree" button to it, so you can't disagree. Oops! The question here is, " Is the sharing of our data a huge problem ?" . The short answer is "Maybe". WhatsApp has, repeatedly, ensured that there is end-to-encryption for personal chats. No third person can ...