WhatsApp has given its second clarification on privacy controversy and policy on Tuesday. The company has said that the update it has made in its policy will not affect the privacy of your messages with friends or family members. WhatsApp has said that there are many false rumors going on in the market regarding the privacy of users on its platform, which is absolutely not true. The company said that it refutes all these rumors and it will continue to keep users’ private messages secure through end-to-end encryption.
WhatsApp has said that no one can read your private messages nor can anyone listen to your calls. Apart from this, the company has also stressed that its parent company Facebook also cannot read and listen to the messages and calls of WhatsApp users. WhatsApp has issued this statement at a time when users have targeted the company regarding its privacy policy update. The company’s privacy policy update will become applicable for all users from February 8.
WhatsApp said in a tweet, “We want to dispel those rumors and make it 100 percent clear that we will continue to protect your private messages with end-to-end encryption. The update to the privacy policy will not affect your friends or family. There will be no impact on communication made with. Before this, let us tell you that there has been a lot of controversy regarding the privacy policy of WhatsApp for some time. Recently, when searching on Google, WhatsApp private groups are once again visible. Through this, anyone can find private groups of WhatsApp by searching on Google and join them.
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