2-MIN READ WhatsApp Privacy Fiasco: Company Reiterates Security Claim, But That's Not the Problem Anyway In a new press statement, WhatsApp has reiterated the impact of end to end encryption, alongside trying to remind people that the recent policy update will have no effect on where your privacy stands at today. FOLLOW US ON: WhatsApp has issued a new statement in a bid to remind its users that despite its recent disclosure of a changed operation policy and terms of service, the personal privacy of users on the app has not changed with the update. After its latest policy change highlighting the removal of an option to opt out of Facebook’s data collection from WhatsApp, users have taken note of the privacy concern and started switching to apps that do not sell data in as rampant a way as the Facebook group. Now, WhatsApp’s latest statement has yet again attempted to convince users that their privacy and security are still intact.