The app was supposed to render many of its core features unusable for those who refused to update it.
WhatsApp is rolling back its controversial update. The popular messaging app has in recent months given its users an ultimatum: accepting new terms of use, which included new data transfers, or having to settle for a lighter version of the service. In this case, users had until May 15th to make the decision.
The deadline has since passed. Some of the app’s users, who are resistant to its new privacy policy, have managed to slip through the vulnerabilities. In an article in the American media The Next Web, The app spokesperson confirms this drastic change in policy. “We currently do not have any plans to limit WhatsApp functionality to those who did not accept the update.“, We can read.
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Empty WhatsApp of its core
As a reminder, rejecting WhatsApp’s new terms of use, without having to rhyme with account deactivation, was supposed to have many tangible consequences. Among them, the inability to access the app’s home screen and see its conversations. Thus rebellious users can respond to requests from their contacts, without being able to initiate a conversation.
They can also answer incoming phone calls and video calls. Time for “A few weeksJust. After that, WhatsApp had stopped sending messages, calls, and notifications on the phone, which were indicated at the time Application Help Center. In other words, WhatsApp could have become unusable … It is time for its users to reverse their decision, and accept the new rules of the service.
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No explanation was provided for this shift. WhatsApp simply indicates thatMost of the users who watched the update approved itHowever, WhatsApp’s privacy policy update caused a wave of global panic. The app saw its users switch by numbers to apps known to respect privacy, such as Signal or the Russian messaging service Telegram. This mess has earned WhatsApp some government scorn. Data in Hamburg Facebook command To be suspended for three months while using the data provided by the application. WhatsApp guarantees that this request “It is based on a fundamental misunderstanding“From the new rules and it will be thus.”There is no effect on the continued deployment of the update».
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