The issue with WhatsApp and some other messaging platforms and or big tech, is the LEVEL of power and tracking that is really taking place at any given time.
WhatsApp was initially designed as a secured messaging platform for cross operating systems like iOS, Android, Blackberry and Microsoft.
People sometimes forget but Blackberry had a runaway hit back in the day with BBM, it was safe, secure, private and had the ability for people to have in essence live conversations. The issue with BBM and later, iMessage was that it was OS specific. You needed to have a Blackberry or an iPhone to use those services at that particular time.
Long story short, WhatsApp allowed anybody the same ability and to do it cross platform and they promised their version of security and privacy. Facebook bought WhatsApp for I believe $14 billion, they didn't do this for the sake of their heart and the long term goal was to monetize it naturally.
Where things are getting dicey is how much the terms and conditions for WhatsApp may have changed from years ago. The level of tracking and the level of engagement is beyond what we are all able to comprehend. It will explode in the near future with the engagement with companies directly. Another issue is that some people are under the impression all the data mining is to their benefit for products and service advertisement, I can assure you it may not be. Everything is for sale for these companies and if they can make more money on you with a good screw job, your getting ****ed.
As JohnnyB mentioned, it is ironic to me as well how much information and access people are willing to give these companies, information and access that you wouldn't provide any other living soul in your life. People should really process that.
They will do all that but they all of a sudden grew a privacy and security complex with regards to the Covid app and won't download it. This app does have the ability to save lives and reduce risk, exposure and other long term health effects. Ironically one of the developers of the app was Blackberry because the government wanted their knowledge with regards to safety, security, privacy and more!
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