It will track our Shopping Behavior, Track our Habits of Online Visits and will show us the exact ads. on Facebook regarding the thing which we had visited earlier
Facebook (Parent Company of Whats App) will show ads on Facebook Feed to earn Money from Advertisers
Although Google is doing the same thing but The issue is with Facebook. Fakebook's name has been appeared where it was found that the Company was selling our personal data with Private Companies for their Profits. But till now, we haven’t heard any kind of news about the same regarding the Google
Date: 17th January 2020
It looks like that Whats App feels that they issued the wrong Policy this Time because Today Morning everyone received a Status of Whats App in Whats App Messenger's Status Section where they Mentioned the Following:
1. We are committed to your Privacy (Comment from our side: Then why you need to update the previous Privacy Policy, We haven't requested for that)
2. Whats App Can't read or listen to your personal conversations as they are end-to-end-encrypted
(Here you need to understand that the Backed Up Files will be still can be read by the authorities)
3. Whats App can't see your shared Location
(Here you need to understand that Whats App Can Still Track your IP as mentioned in Privacy Policy)
4. Whats App Doesn't Share your contacts with Facebook
(and what about the dats you will receive from DP, Business Account, Groups, Status etc.)
Date: 15th January 2020
Signal Application is popular these days among those who thought that the Whats App's Privacy Policy can harm their Privacy & Data.
As per the latest News:
1. Signal Foundation has been started to hire new developers in the organization because of the huge (sudden) popularity and lots of load on the server. More then 70 Million downloads has been done from Google Play Store because of which the load on the Signal Server has been increased and company started to buy further equipment & started hiring new employees in the Organization.
2. On the other Side, because of sudden lots of downloads, Signal Application has been stopped working for some time Today. Signal Application faced glitches because of which users were not able to send or receive messages. This is because of the heavy load on Server because of the tons of Downloads in a short period of time.
Date: 14th January 2020
Today, we have just observed that The Signal Application has reached 50 Million Downloads. 3 Days Ago (till 10th January 2021) the downloads were showing as 10 Million on Google Play Store and within 4 Days, the downloads has been increase by 40 Million. Its the craze of Signal Application. It Looks like people are really afraid about new Whats App Privacy Policy because of which they are switching towards Signal Application.
The reason behind the lots of Downloads is also the Tweet by Elon Musk where he just mentioned "Use Signal" in Twitter because of which people got the Idea to use Signal Application.
Date: 13th January 2020
After the New Privacy Policy issued by Whats App where the Company confirms that they will use our personal and profile data, Phone usages and other information's for their purpose, the people started panicking and searching for the best alternatives of Whats App. In this modern era no one wants to share their data with anyone. It already happened earlier that because of Whats App's Parent Company Facebook has caught in the case of data sharing of its users. Now comes this policy which again raised a question mark on the trustworthiness on Facebook.
As per the latest News, it was found out that some of the Group Chats of Whats App were visible on Google which is a great issues against the Privacy Protection Policy of Whats App
As per the Whats App's New Privacy Policy a popup will appear on your Whats App Application's Home Screen which you need to accept within 8th February 2021 otherwise your Whats App account will be deleted automatically. After this, the environment of terror and fear of losing our privacy and data has been increased among its users.
What are the issues and Drawbacks of Whats App's New Privacy Policy:
1. The Message encryption will be the same as earlier that no one can read your message except the sender and the receiver
2. Whats App will check your Group Links which we share to someone to join the group
3. The Battery Usages and Battery Level of Phone, Which Application we have used in our phone, Phone usage tracking and Time spent on particular Application
4. It will also track our IP Address through which Whats App can track our Location
5. Whats App will Check our Mobile & PC's Hardware Model that which device we are using to use Whats App
6. It will also check which operating system we are using like: Windows, Android, Linux, IOS etc.
7. Whats App will check our Network & Signal Strength. It can also find that which telecom's SIM we are using and which WI-FI Network we are using to operate internet
8. Whats App will track out Contact Details, Profile Picture, Name, Status etc.
Whats App will collect this data about our shopping, internet surfing, buying, selling and others activities. This has been confirmed by Whats App in written in New Privacy Policy. Then Whats App will share this data with Facebook so that they can show us the related advertisements on our profile and make profit out of it (we all know that the main source of income of Facebook is ads.) Apart from Facebook & Instagram, Whats App Can also share this data with Other Private Companies who can use our data to affects us politically & mentally brain wash our minds towards many topics.
So, people found two best alternatives of Whats App application
a) Signal: Signal Application has been offered by the Not Profit Organization "Signal Foundation". It was founded in July 29, 2014. People switching towards Signal because the Founder of Tesla Elon Musk recommended to use this because of its super privacy protection Features. You will find every feature of Whats App here. Its like a clone of Whats App Application with some other features as well.
Privacy Features in Signal Application:
1. Signal Application has launched specially with Privacy Saving where the app claims that its main moto is to Save the Privacy of Users
2. It has Screen Lock feature like Whats App where no can can unlock your Signal Application if he hasn't you PIN, Password or Fingerprint Access
3. You can Block Screenshots in the recent list and inside the app
4. Incognito Keyboard: It will disable your keyboard to save your details and provides you clear protected typing space whenever you type to send message to anyone
5. If you want not to Disclose your IP, you can enable Relay Calls option where your calls will transfer through Signal Server and the call receiver will not able to track your IP
There are many others Privacy Features available in Signal App. You can check by your own. Just Visit Settings of Signal App > Privacy Section
Issues with Signal Applications:
1. Its taking a longer time to receive OTP because of the sudden heavy Users load
2. The Contacts Refreshing process is taking a little time
3. The Notifications are not receiving or showing on Notification Panel when application is closed and removed from taskbar on Signal Application whenever someone sends us a message. We need to open the app and then after refreshing, the message will appear there.
4. There is no Google Backup feature available right now in Signal Application but you can save the backup in your Mobile Device and then can save in Google Drive
These issues are normal in initial stage when an application suddenly increased so many users. One the company increase the backend storage and speed, then these issues will be gone.
b) Telegram: One of the most popular application among new generation because it gives high storage file sharing, Group Search Options, End to end Encryption etc. Founded in 2013. Telegram is widely using by the people for many purposes. It already has 500 Millions of Userbase around the globe.
Apart from the good aspects, Telegram has negative image that the Piracy of Movies and Shows of OTT Platforms are encouraging here.
Conclusion:
As compared to Telegram, People are switching towards Signal Mobile Application.
Whats App is now working on Updation of its Privacy Policy again about which they have informed in their Website
On 12th January 2021, Whats App released a statement that the New Privacy Policy will not effect Individuals as much. These policies were specially for Business Users as an Optional but final clarification is still on the way until then we thought that the Signal Users will increase a lot.
Within a Week, Whats App lost its place as No. #1 Social Networking Application Position in Google Play Store
Hope Signal will resolve Its issues in future and we can enjoy this Application as smooth as Whats App but on reality:
we are waiting for Whats App's new privacy Policy when they will tell us that they will not going to take any crucial information from us as earlier and we can continue the Whats App without any data losing fear
Important Links:
1. Know more about Signal Application: Click Here
2. Signal Official Website: Click Here
3. Know more about Telegram Application: Click Here
4. Telegram Official Website: Click Here
5. Privacy Policy of Whats App: Click Here
Hope this article helps you to gain some knowledge. Do share with your friends so that they can also update themselves about the same
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Team: Online Knowledge Zone
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