"Facebook" is more deadly for privacy than "WhatsApp"
For days, the WhatsApp application has been subject to intense campaigns of criticism, triggered by the company's previous decision to change some of the conditions related to privacy, which prompted the most popular messaging application to temporarily retreat. In spite of all the clarifications and statements issued earlier in order to explain the new steps that he requested.
In this regard, an expert on Internet security and surveillance, Zach Dufman, explained that the WhatsApp storm diverted the attention of millions away from the abuse of Facebook's Messenger application, for example, on user privacy. Adding, "We all know that Facebook earns his livelihood and profits from our data, so we pay him and pay for his free services."
He also stressed that encrypting conversations is the general security valve that most messaging applications are marketed to. However, we must not take end-to-end encryption for granted.
While he cautioned about one of the ironies of the violent reactions to WhatsApp, which is the threat of users to leave it. It is encrypted end-to-end by default, as opposed to using the "Telegram" application.