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Signal, a non-profit messaging service, which has gained traction lately given the mass migration of WhatsApp users to other communication platforms, was the subject of Musk’s Twitter message.
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Well, millions of Indian users received an in-app notification from WhatsApp as part of an upcoming global roll-out, asking them to either accept the changes in its Terms of Service and privacy policy by February 8 or their accounts will be deleted. The last time WhatsApp updated its privacy policy globally was in 2016. Now, if you tap on agree what exactly you are signing up for? So, the terms of Service and privacy policy is regarding how WhatsApp will collect and process users information going forward, and the partnership with Facebook, its parent company, as part of a larger unification drive between the family of apps.
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Anand Mahindra, the chairman of Mahindra Group, is the latest to sign up for the Signal messaging app, being dubbed as a secure alternative to the Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Have installed Signal messaging. Maybe soon there will be a #signalwonderbox, tweeted Mahindra, who has 8.3 million followers on the micro-blogging site.
Have installed Signal messaging. Maybe soon there will be a #signalwonderbox
Signal has seen a sudden increase in downloads after rival WhatsApp updated its terms of service, asking users to agree to let owner Facebook Inc and its subsidiaries collect user data, including their phone number and location.
All you need to know before accepting WhatsApp s new Terms of Service
WhatsApp updating its terms of service and privacy policy is not new. Most software services do update their services occasionally.
DNA Web Team
Jan 9, 2021, 06:34 AM IST
WhatsApp users on Wednesday received a pop-up directing users to accept the new Terms of Service, failing which the users will have to forgo using the app. The Facebook-owned company has set February 8 as the deadline to accept its new norm. Users have till February 8, 2021 to accept these in order to continue using the platform.
WhatsApp updating its terms of service and privacy policy is not new. Most software services do update their services occasionally.