Here are 5 apps to use instead of WhatsApp The users fear that WhatsApp's new privacy policy will be used by the Facebook-owned platform to spy on them DNA Web Team Jan 9, 2021, 11:10 PM 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.