Critics have urged Indians to migrate enmasse to WhatsApp rivals such as Signal or Telegram after the recent privacy policy update which mandates data sharing with Facebook
WhatsApp’s diktat means that users that decline the new privacy policy by February 08, 2021 will lose access to their chats and account
Experts and tech evangelists are calling for a WhatsApp boycott, but is that even possible in India, where the app has over 400 Mn users?
WhatsApp has over 400 Mn users in India — that’s more than the population of the USA. So it’s no surprise that its latest privacy update has ruffled feathers in a manner usually only reserved for national policy decisions.
To be clear, WhatsApp has always shared data with Facebook since the latter acquired it in 2014, but until recently users had the option to opt out of it. The latest changes to terms governing data sharing with Facebook removes this option and has sparked off debates across the tech and social media ecosystem.
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