Many WhatsApp users now favor Signal.
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Despite a controversy over data protection and respect for user privacy at the start of the year, WhatsApp has indeed decided to introduce its new terms of use as of May 15, 2020. This change will allow the messaging application to transfer certain data to Facebook, reports
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Originally, these new terms of use should have been applied from February 8, but the controversy over this change of course in WhatsApp delayed the process.
In the coming weeks, users of this messaging application will see a banner asking them to accept or reject these new rules of use.
"Limited access" in the event of refusal
In case of refusal, users will only have “limited access” to WhatsApp features.
Concretely, this means that people who do not accept these new terms of use will no longer be able to "read or send messages from the application", they will simply have access to calls and notifications.
At the same time, the application wished to issue a warning to those who would like to delete their account and migrate to a competing service such as Signal or Telegram: “If you want to delete your account […] we hope you will reconsider your decision. .
We are unable to undo this operation, as it clears your message history, removes you from all your WhatsApp groups, and deletes your backups.
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