Who does not know the popular chatting app WhatsApp? Which enables you to send text messages, pictures and videos to your friends and relatives, according to a report from the company WhatsApp itself - owned by Facebook - we find that the application is first in the number of users who exceed 2 billion users, but that you think about privacy, you might ask is this Free app spying on us? And what is the secret of the new privacy message that many users have when they update the application? Follow us to learn more!
First, let's get to know the secret of this message:
If you update the WhatsApp application, you will receive a message to agree to the terms of the application, which is the privacy policy that includes the terms and conditions, and in most cases you agreed to these terms without hesitation like me, and as soon as you agree to these terms, you allow the parent company Facebook (note Facebook, not WhatsApp only) by obtaining your data, which are as follows:
- Your phone number and your personal statement.
- All your contacts.
- Your geographical location, in the event that you have activated the feature to access the site through the settings of your device.
- Your personal photo and the photos and videos that you share.
- Information available about your device, such as its type.
- Internet Protocol address, which is the digital identifier for any device, known as the IP address.
- Commercial transactions by transferring money to stores or people, as a guarantee of rights in the event of any dispute between you and the merchant or the person to whom the money is transferred, and credit card information, and much other data that the company collects about you, is preserved.
What is new about this information?
WhatsApp has always been proud of its commitment to security and privacy, through encrypted conversations and other important technologies built into the app. But the new ad raised concerns about the exact opposite: Now people's information is not hidden but rather shared with Facebook's parent company.
But what is the truth of the changes, and how anxious are people?
"We may use the information we receive from you, and this information we share may be used to help operate, provide, provide, improve, understand, personalize, support and market our services and offerings."
It was this summary that led to concerns and concerns that private WhatsApp user data may not be as protected as we are used to, but rather is being shared.
One thing to note is that the "information" that WhatsApp collects is not just conversations, it is encrypted and thus the company cannot see it even if it wanted to. Instead, the information is personal data such as users' phone number, their contacts, profile names, photos, and diagnostic data.
As such, there is no concern - at least not yet - that private WhatsApp conversations will be harvested for use in advertisements or other purposes by Facebook, for example.
Moreover, WhatsApp announced that European users will not see any changes in the use of their data, even if they agree to the terms.
A WhatsApp spokesperson said: “There are no changes to WhatsApp data-sharing practices in the European region (including the United Kingdom) arising from the updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.”
This is because the European region has strict laws to preserve the privacy of users, and therefore, at the present time, there is no intention to enter Facebook in a new conflict.
In the end, we use different applications to do some tasks, but we do not deny that the information and data collected by these companies benefit them greatly from the marketing and advertising side of products, which brings them more profits, but do these applications have the right, after we have relied on them, to change their policy? Should we look for an alternative in this case?
The author of the article: Amr Manna
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I have a suggestion why you agreed, then when you agreed, you go to the settings and click on the applications can not, but access the data, and these settings are found on the privacy and in the application settings
I will delete Facebook and Whatsapp
I think even if they were justified in this clarification by Facebook or others, especially in the field of technology and information, credibility is lost between us and them, but caution is answered, both on WhatsApp and others, about saving bank information from accounts, credit cards, etc. As for the rest of the things from contacts and other things, the situation is normal, ,, thank you .
Dear iPhone Islam, if the Pentagon was hacked, it stood on us as long as a person uses a smartphone that he knows only about the method of use, so its makers will inevitably eavesdrop on every movement he makes.
Oh wish, an Islamic competitor app is being created based in one of the internationally accepted Islamic countries from Islamic peoples such as Turkey
No one used it, unfortunately, human beings are slaves, trying to persuade them.
I hope you will advise us of ways to extract media from the application without a backup or manually
Enter any conversation - press the name or number - move the chat, this method must be repeated for every conversation.
Is there a way to extract photos and videos from the application for a computer or an external hard drive ??
If the official authorities and those with whom I contact mainly use Telegram, I would delete my account from WhatsApp. I only use it if I want to communicate to get a job or I have a request from an online store or with my family, I have deleted every account that is linked to Facebook and I deleted my account from Facebook basically and I am seriously considering abandoning Instagram
We are the users who let them see above
We raised them above their lodges below
The user delete applications they lose and download
I mean, on our way
So, you can, user, download them below
What is your advice?
May Allah reward you with all the best for what you give us
Ok, if we decide to continue using it, are there measures that mitigate the effects of these policies on us?
If the user accepts the usage agreement
Prepared and drafted by one party (Facebook Inc.)
He is the one who allowed them and removed what prevents them from disposing of what they find on his device from the data stipulated in the usage agreement
But
You must prevent the application from accessing the data that you want them not to access, for example:
Names, location, etc.
Yes strongly, an alternative must be found, and I think there are thankful efforts in the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia to find an alternative
One of the people who bought the app and now I will not agree to their terms
I want a way to get my dollars back 😁
Thank you for this article, and may God bless you, and Islam and Muslims benefit you.
I have not and will not agree to the new terms, and I will delete the application in February, and there are many alternatives such as
Telegram
IMessage for iPhone
Signal has become the most popular app in the Apple App Store in India, Germany, France, Finland, Hong Kong and Switzerland.
- Element
- Threema
It is considered the best application in terms of data encryption, but it is not free, and the purchase is one-time and not an annual subscription
Google, Facebook and Instagram
They all collect user data and use it for their marketing purposes, outwardly, and the hidden is greater
You don’t know what they will use or will use them in the future, so thinkers prefer to use alternatives
Telegram instead of WhatsApp and duck duckgo instead of google
As for Facebook and Instagram, I don't use them a lot
And for those who want to use a fake e-mail and salvation
Thank you very much for this valuable information, what is your advice to WhatsApp users
What do you think of signal?
please reply
My data does not help them! ... All applications are running by WhatsApp, I announce that, this is new!
The collection of user data takes place in most free apps and for a long time.
The choice is always for the user to accept or reject, but I would like to emphasize the need to reject these behaviors that violate privacy by gradually moving to alternatives, the story of privacy, and even forcing the issuers of these applications to re-evaluate their position as a result of the decrease in the number of users.
Unfortunately, I am the first one to look for an alternative, and it is possible to delete WhatsApp from me in the first place
You mentioned in point XNUMX that WhatsApp will collect:
(Your personal photo, and the photos and videos you share.)
Isn't it supposed that photos and videos are encrypted things on WhatsApp and cannot access them like conversations?
Note that some tech-channel owners and those interested in technology like you said that pictures and videos will not be shared !!!
How accurate is this information?
The hardest point is that WhatsApp users are reluctant to leave it
They consider it a photo album of priceless memories (myself included), although we know the need to transfer the images to Hardscape.
Nevertheless, we prefer to feel that all the images are at our disposal at any moment
Praise be to God, my head is comfortable for more than XNUMX years. I do not have Facebook or WhatsApp. I use the wire application and things are perfect.
Thank you Yvonne Islam
Frankly, my comment can be liked by most of you, but I will add my allowance 😅
Firstly, large companies such as Facebook, Google and Apple collect data from millions if not billions of people, and this data is information intended for advertisements, I mean, to give you an example:
Presumably, I have a store in Riyadh, and my products are makeup tools and women's accessories. If I want to make an advertisement, for example, on Instagram, I can specify that I want my ad to appear for girls between the ages of XNUMX and XNUMX who are in Riyadh, so my ad has value because it is directed to the category I am targeting. So I will be the advertiser who benefits and also the girls who care about makeup and their ages between XNUMX and XNUMX and are in Riyadh will see the advertisement for them and buy without what they search and bother themselves.
Companies collect this information for you to be used as well.
It comes to your mind that companies do not know you personally (unless it is ordered by a court and by a judicial order, and this is rare because the court and the state already know everything about you 😅)
I mean, from the other you are a beneficiary, the advertiser is a beneficiary, and the company that provides its service to you is a beneficiary
The only point that you can be afraid of: if this company is hacked and this data was leaked, and this is possible, but the possibility of it is low
But where are the ads displayed?
I am mobile with nothing in it, not a single advertisement
Use iPhone X
I even have YouTube Prime
I think the topic is related to marketing and advertising for the purpose of profit and not more as is the case in most applications.
The best alternative will ask for access, but no contacts
It is better to delete my Facebook account
I'm going to search for another program because I don't like coercion and everyone should do it
Facebook has been taking advantage of our contacts for years even if you did not agree to share your contacts that you meet are saved on Facebook
Peace be upon you
The reason for the popularity of the WhatsApp program
It was one of the first social networking programs that people in our region knew, so the vast majority of them have this program
Especially since it has advanced specifications at the time than other communication programs
And it won the privilege of a head start
Therefore, although there are social networking programs, they may be better than them and have better capabilities
However, it does not have the consensus of the majority
Even if we go to other programs, we may not find all our contacts present in them
We are forced to be in it
The best solution in my opinion
The state prohibits his presence in it, like many countries in the world
So people will be heading to the more popular alternative after him.
Thank you
Most of the reason why it spreads is because it depends on the numbers of the people themselves and not accounts like the rest of the programs. This allows one to enter you only if he knows your number, not searching for your account and others, so it is considered a guarantee from a strange or annoying man, meaning he gives privacy on the one hand, he deals with the number of the same person who is linked By his identity, therefore security from strangers means privacy, and this is, in my opinion, the reason for his fame. It is not like the rest of the programs.
The policy of coercion is very strange from them, and in this way they will lose very many users
Whatsapp is used by many people around us
And many of them do not know others
He does not want to change or experiment
Because everyone who communicates with them uses whatsapp
For me
I previously deleted my WhatsApp account
From the day they increased the number of group members to 100 members
At the time, the data was expensive
(I was a subscriber to a 1 GB package for 100 riyals)
And there was nothing in it open like these days
Social Media without limitation
And the capacity of the machine was 32
And people, as usual, send in the group any clip you want
WhatsApp used to consume my time, package, battery, and device memory
The Telegram was a great alternative
And because of the work
I had to go back to Watts
WhatsApp problems and inconvenience returned to me
In addition to my dislike of the style of the company you own
Now I'm trying with members of a business group, which number nearly 90
And from all regions of the kingdom
Mali knowing their personal
Just communicate about the work and discuss its problems
And share our experiences with business problems
And many of them refuse to move to telegram
Although we explained its features
But they don't want to
So I will keep it with you
Do not open access to the site or the names
This is the WhatsApp status on my device
The same problem, everyone is afraid of change. I knew WhatsApp from the beginnings, and likewise, Telegram, Telegram is better, and it happens constantly. The features cannot be limited to the level of personal updates or groups.
There is nothing called free from the West. If you pay money, you pay your data with the mind. What is the benefit of it being free?
We deserve what we get from them
Unfortunately, we have no value in their view
If we had a strict entity like Europe
We did not dare
I do not think that any company or application developers have the right to collect and share my data at all and of course I will search for another application and another alternative that does not do this bad thing, and likewise everyone who knows and owns WhatsApp will do so if this feature is not canceled
Yes, we are looking for an alternative, or the application is banned from Arab servers
Is there a way to stop it from the settings?
Obvious electronic blackmail from Facebook, let it go to hell, WhatsApp and alternatives are Telegram and Signal
I downloaded the Signal app and the problem is the app is never popular
Thank you for this nice topic
Thank you effort
I changed to signal and it is sweet and similar to WhatsApp. Please unify the chat application for all Arabs so that I do not have to write to some on WhatsApp and some on signal
Why is the unjustified insistence on using these platforms and applications specifically…. The time has come to move to other applications ... Telegram, for example, is better than WhatsApp and Facebook combined ... and it may be developed more later ... American companies are the most companies in the world that do not care about you or your privacy ... I wish there was a pure Arabic program from a company Trusted and used by everyone and we don't need any of these rogue
God willing, a nail in the WhatsApp coffin, which was exploited by Mark Roserberg, who has suspicious intentions to sell anything that gets in his hands.
It is imperative for ourselves to stay away from suspicious programs, especially those that share information with third and fourth parties, without any discrimination or respect for privacy. This is a start that reflects the extent of awareness, especially among Westerners, although we are fans of the conspiracy theory, and you find some of us opposite the current now, so they do not find it a conspiracy, and by the way, it is documented with the new terms of use.
I think, and indeed, I am sure of one thing, which is that everyone must know if the application is very popular and widespread, such as the application of our topic is now completely free, so know that we are the commodity and unfortunately !!
I downloaded the Signal long-life app, followed by an iMessage with an iPhone
All applications have their own policies, but WhatsApp has overshadowed its policy because of its cracking, and this is the reason why its users are obligated to approve or remove the account
Telegram is better than WhatsApp, but whoever convinces the XNUMX billion people with the crime, here is the problem
All applications may benefit from the data of millions, but millions use the WhatsApp application in an unprecedented way and is still in the forefront, and why other applications could not and may be much better than WhatsApp is a question that baffles many like me.
Social networking sites and major American technology companies are no longer the property of their owners, and they are in fact controlled by the extreme left ... We noticed how the support for the so-called Arab Spring and their praise for rights, justice and freedom of expression and how they are now. Where are freedom and rights gone
I think we will not lose anything if we use it well, but perhaps this procedure will benefit us more and be more careful than before.
I did not agree to the terms
And for me, for more than two years, Telegram has been my favorite program
You have also installed the signal
Now I'm switching to signal, WhatsApp go to hell
I think it is advisable for us to use the new Turkish applications as an alternative to WhatsApp, such as the BIP application, Dedi, or the Signal application.
I think that all that you wrote in this article would have happened before, but without the user's knowledge and the new thing that WhatsApp allowed us to agree on this matter so that it remains safe and just like that 😅
You have previously mentioned the reason for free any application, which is profit from the revenue of the application, either financially or selling users' data, so every application that collects users will sell the application or user data ... meaning there is no privacy in the online world
I wiped it and used long ago
I did not like the policy of imposing my approval by force. Either I agree and use the program or stop, my feeling was that it was blackmailing my data and information, so I decided to use the alternative, which is not so long ago with me.
There are great concerns that caused many to turn to Signal, especially after the president of Tesla invited him to it