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Blunder by WhatsApp to move towards a less private model: Dawn contributor


The Straits Times
Blunder by WhatsApp to move towards a less private model: Dawn contributor
The writer says that Whatsapps change in privacy policy has highlighted the vast amount of data WhatsApp collects about its users which is linked to their identity.
Considering that so much of personally identifiable data is not encrypted and available to the company, it also makes WhatsApp vulnerable to hackers, says the writer.PHOTO: REUTERS
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The writer is director of Bolo Bhi, an advocacy forum for digital rights.
APPREHENSION over an update to the privacy policy of the popular messaging application WhatsApp has been rife on social media. It is enco­uraging to see such widespread concern for users’ privacy and data protection. At the same time, it is important to track how secure messaging has evolved over time, what this update in the priv­acy policies of a popular messaging application entails, and what our takeaway from this fiasco can be.
WhatsApp was founded in 2009 by two former Yahoo employees, and slowly evolved into the most popular mobile phone messaging application. The salient advantage of WhatsApp was that one could sent unlimited free messages with an internet connection, ending the reliance on SMS that are charged at a per message rate by telecom operators. Though iMessage existed for Apple customers and Blackberry messenger for Blackberry customers, these could only be used if both parties ....

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