The controversy arising from the update in the terms and conditions of WhatsApp has caused a wave of indignation among users around the world to the point that the messaging App itself has been forced to publish a statement on social networks as a call for calm under the title: "

WhatsApp protects and secures your private messages

."

A statement in which he begins by directly addressing the most controversial rumor that, for some time, has been spreading about this application: "

WhatsApp cannot see your private messages

or listen to your calls, neither can Facebook", which is currently the parent company of WhatsApp .

The discontent of millions of users around the world with WhatsApp was rekindled in the first days of this year when they came across a notice that

asked them to accept the terms and conditions of the application

with February 8 as the deadline.

Those who do not give their consent will not be able to use it

.

As happens every time a controversy circulates around WhatsApp, some applications that offer almost identical instant messaging services and that are not linked to Facebook (such as Telegram and Signal) have

experienced an increase in downloads in recent days

.

In the case of

Telegram

, the app itself has sent a message to its users celebrating the milestone of having reached 500 million active users.

Among them,

25 million would have been registered in the last 72 hours

.

A controversy with WhatsApp that comes from afar

It is actually

a long-standing reputational problem

.

Specifically, since Facebook bought WhatsApp, which

emerged as an independent company

.

Since the acquisition, the various privacy scandals in which Mark Zuckerberg's company has been involved, as well as the fear of users of an integration between the two platforms began to sow the seeds of mistrust.

However, in its privacy policy, WhatsApp notes that this

would be a positive thing

.

"Both parties may use the information we receive to operate, provide, improve, understand, personalize, support and promote our Services and their offerings, including the products of Facebook companies."

The publication of a statement like the one WhatsApp has just released (addressing the malicious rumors that circulate about it through social networks) is atypical.

As much as

the angry reaction of many of its users

.

In addition to remembering that they cannot read the content of the conversations or listen to the calls of the users, they have recalled that "

WhatsApp does not keep a record of who the users message or call

", that "Neither WhatsApp, nor Facebook can see your shared location ", that" WhatsApp does not share your contact list with Facebook ", that" private WhatsApp groups remain private ", that" you can configure your messages to disappear "and that" you can download your data ".

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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