New reports revealed that Facebook is preparing to make some drastic changes to the WhatsApp and Messenger applications, allowing chatting directly with each other from within the two applications.
Facebook plans to integrate WhatsApp with Messenger to make chatting easier for users, as this feature will allow only one of the two applications to be kept on the phone, to send messages to contacts via the two applications.
For example, WhatsApp can be used to send messages to contacts via the app itself to those who use Messenger, or vice versa), which means that you will only need to keep one of the messaging apps on your phone.
New reports revealed by developer Alex 193A (@ Alex193a) reported by WABetaInfo (a site that specializes in detecting upcoming features through research in beta software); That Facebook wants to enable Messenger users to communicate with WhatsApp users without switching between the two applications.
While this may seem simple because the messaging services are owned by Facebook, and they have a very similar set of features, it is possible that the combination of them will lead to some problems, given that WhatsApp uses comprehensive encryption to secure all communications, while Messenger does not do so, which It displays information for people who are not using Messenger but who are using WhatsApp, at risk.
The new feature can pose a problem with how to deal with privacy and security in the future.
Wabita Info reported that developer Alessandro Palosi has found important references on the ability to integrate Facebook and Messenger in order to manage messages and services with other WhatsApp users, such as the code that suggests that Facebook creates some tables in a local database.
This can include information such as a contact's phone number, the number of messages if the chat is archived, but "not the content". In addition, Messenger will be able to view the names of WhatsApp community members, as well as photos of personal contacts.
Wabita Info expected that Facebook might import the Signal application protocol to encrypt and decrypt messages that WhatsApp already uses.
It is not yet clear if the upcoming feature will have a disable function. "Wabita Info" believes that in the future - due to the complex nature of this feature - Facebook may resort to abandoning it completely.