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    Is online privacy the hot topic for 2021?

    Feb 09, 2021 1 minute

    WhatsApp’s loss is Signal and Telegram’s gain, after an influx of new users abandoned the Facebook-linked messaging app after a change to its terms and conditions raised awareness on the information they’re sharing when using the app.

    A new pop-up has appeared for the users (though not in the UK and Europe), informing them that they must allow the app to share data with Facebook if they want to continue to use it. If they don’t accept the new terms by 15 May then they won’t be able to use the app or service. The data to be shared is phone numbers (both the users’ and from their address book), profile names and pictures, status messages and information about when a user was last online, as well as diagnostic information. You can read the the privacy policy at .

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