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Specialists have defined six settings for (What’s Up(To protect privacy, in conjunction with reactions to application updates)What’s Up) Which was recently announced, which forces its users to share their data with (Facebook), which led to a rise in the installation of competing applications Signal and Telegram.
The application (WhatsApp) is distinguished by that it provides a setting (end-to-end encryption) by default for all users, whose number exceeds two billion users, and this means that what you send through the application remains limited to you and the people with whom you communicate, and it is not possible for anyone, even those working in (WhatsApp) or (Facebook) Read the content of the messages you send, or extract them, and they can only access the two devices that act as endpoints in setting up encryption, so that (WhatsApp) is the most widespread encrypted instant messaging application in the world.
The application (WhatsApp) collects a lot of data compared to its competing instant messaging applications, such as: Signal and Telegram, and when compared to other applications, such as: (Facebook, Messenger, Google, Instagram, Snapchat and Tik Tok), it collects less data Very, the application (WhatsApp) has good security, and can continue to be used, while adhering to six settings that must be set to reduce the data it collects about you.
It is mentioned that the problem lies in the metadata that the application collects about you and shares it with (Facebook) after your approval, of course, which includes the phone number, your account picture, your usage patterns, and includes the features you use, the groups you joined, how you interacted with others within the application, and when you registered On (WhatsApp), the last time you used the application, the number of times messages were sent, and other information such as the use of the status feature and the device data.
6 settings to protect your privacy:
- Turn off a feature (last seen)
- Hide your account picture
- Prevent you from being added to groups (WhatsApp) without your permission
- Prevent (WhatsApp) from accessing your geographical location
- Hide or show statuses (WhatsApp) for specific contacts
- Prevent (WhatsApp) from automatically saving photos and videos to your phone