translated from Spanish: WhatsApp’s strong response to the exodus of users to Telegram

As part of a significant exodus of WhatsApp users to Telegram and to a lesser extent Signal, the messaging app ruled on its new privacy conditions and policies that will govern from February 8.

From the Facebook chat company they wanted to make clear some points and fake news circulating on the networks. “We want to address some rumors and be 100% clear: we continue to protect your private messages with peer-to-peer encryption.” Will Cathcart, CEO of WhatsApp, also issued a message on the subject.
And peer-to-peer clarified the topics that are in question: -WhatsApp can’t see your private messages or listen to your calls, neither does Facebook.- WhatsApp doesn’t keep records of who’s calling or sending messages.- WhatsApp can’t see your shared location or Facebook.- WhatsApp groups stay private.- You can make your messages disappear.- You can download your data.What do the new WhatsApp policies say? It is correct that neither WhatsApp nor Facebook will be able to read private messages according to the new conditions, but data such as contact list, location (other than real-time location shared with other users), in-app purchases, usage data and other metadata may be shared with Facebook for commercial purposes. On the other hand, it is true that Telegram is a “more private” experience at a certain point, but it also collects contact information (phone number), contacts and a device identifier.

In the case of Signal, it only collects the phone number and has plans that can be added contacts without knowing their number.

Original source in Spanish