Why are users fleeing from WhatsApp these days?
WhatsApp is one of the most known and used instant messaging applications in the world, founded in 2009 and therefore over ten years old – owned by Mark Zuckerberg. In recent news, Zuckerberg suspended Donald Trump‘s ability to post on Facebook, stating that the American president could “provoke further violence against a democratically elected government” through his posts.
But the Facebook founder has another surprise in store for users: the team has published new controversial WhatsApp terms of usage, coming into effect on the 8th of February. Accurate Reviews experts will explain what this is all about – keep reading.

WhatsApp: what’s changing?

WhatsApp has notified its users about an update of the terms of service and privacy policy agreement, which must be accepted to continue using the app. WhatsApp recently joined the Zuckerberg empire along Facebook and Instagram, and this terms of service update aims to protect the integration of these social networks, allowing access and data exchange. Since this update includes changes to the privacy policy, many users have panicked and decided to delete Whatsapp to avoid the risk of their data being compromised, and look into safer alternatives.

First of all, it is important to clarify that this new update will not affect users in EU countries, United Kingdom and Switzerland, where the ruling General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, guarantees additional layers of protection.

Regarding data: rest assured that your personal information, chat logs, media and files shared are protected by end-to-end encryption (meaning that only the recipient will be able to view and access them). WhatsApp will only use the information it has access to, to “combat harmful conduct; protect users against bad experiences and spam; and promote safety, security and integrity on and off our Services, such as by investigating suspicious activity or violations of our Terms and policies, and to ensure our Services are being used legally” as stated on the company’s official website.

The rise of Telegram

Recent news caused Whatsapp to lose credibility, thus losing a number of users in favor of the Telegram app. This platform offers a more secure type of communication with a combination of 256-bit AES symmetric encryption, 2048-bit RSA encryption and Diffie-Hellman secure key exchange.
Telegram is another instant messaging system, founded in 2013 by two Russian brothers with the goal of preventing the intrusion by the Russian government in the private life of citizens. Unfortunately, Russia censored the application, which however has become very popular in the world, ranking among the most downloaded.