Users feel betrayed as WhatsApp changes privacy policy

Many flocked to Twitter for some much-needed catharsis, filling the micro-blogging site with memes of misery

WhatsApp started rolling out its app-update notifications earlier this week claiming there had been a change in its Terms of Services and Privacy Policy.

Users were informed that the application was going to be handling their data rather differently, owing to its new partnership with Facebook. This partnership offered assimilations across the Facebook Company.

But weirdly enough, accepting this Terms of Services and Privacy Policy was a prerequisite.

Even users, who had been on the application for years, were required to agree to this new policy by February 8, 2021 if they wanted to continue using the service.

Some remained on the fence about the news, but the majority felt betrayed. Since the very app they so heavily relied on, suddenly felt unreliable – much like Snapchat. So they flocked to the most cathartic micro-blogging site of all – Twitter.

Firstly, here’s what the new privacy policy had to say:

#WhatsApp New privacy policy changes help them to collect " messaging, calling, Status, groups (including group name, group picture, group description), payments or business features; profile photo, "about" information, your last seen" . pic.twitter.com/CYiyvNm0lU

— Selvadurai Muthupachaiyappan (@selvaduraimuthu) January 5, 2021

In response, Elon Musk - the richest man on earth - recommended we start using 'signal'

Use Signal

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021

Some, however, had the guts to retaliate by leaving the application altogether

Step forward against WhatsApp #WhatsappNewPolicy pic.twitter.com/hB0tjL7jhg

— Taha Shyk (@ShykTaha) January 7, 2021

And shift to Telegram because texting is so 2005, right?

#Telegram #WhatsappNewPolicy
*After the new update of WhatsApp policy*

Me to WhatsApp: pic.twitter.com/Pw8hpLojCz

— Nayab (@Introvert4747) January 7, 2021

After new policy 😅 #WhatsappNewPolicy pic.twitter.com/AwYuSuHO51

— Fatima Jaffri (@FatimaJaffri7) January 8, 2021

1Whatsapp after new privacy 'abhi maza aye ga na beruu'😂
2 whatsapp after seeing people switching to telegram 😂😂#WhatsappNewPolicy pic.twitter.com/2QOGfkDz0K

— WITCHER😈 (@tweetsby_ak) January 8, 2021

But most people relied on memes to laugh at their misery

New update on privacy policy of WhatsApp be like...#WhatsappPrivacy #Telegram #WhatsappNewPolicy pic.twitter.com/ftmKRkkYTy

— Versha Chaudhary (@Vershaposts) January 7, 2021

WhatsApp Users to Mark Jani//-#WhatsappNewPolicy pic.twitter.com/Kvfid893eL

— 𝐙𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐑 (@iiZub22) January 8, 2021

#WhatsappNewPolicy update.
Privacy:- pic.twitter.com/Fqlu2AIWfl

— Noshad Baloch🇵🇰 (@MugheriNoshad) January 8, 2021

User's privacy and data in #WhatsApp
be like : pic.twitter.com/jU3SIqzx3P

— Rehaan 🔰 (@sarcastiqlonda) January 6, 2021

#WhatsappNewPolicy #WhatsappPrivacy
WhatsApp on data privacy :- pic.twitter.com/bdlH6yYFFl

— Sidharth Jadhav 🇮🇳 (@_sidharth_2522) January 8, 2021

Then there were those who wouldn't read the terms and conditions even if their life depended on it

My dumbass already accepted the policy without even reading it#WhatsappNewPolicy pic.twitter.com/AFXrlE2ye7

— Momna Tahir (@momna_tahir) January 8, 2021

How many of ya’ll already accepted the new WhatsApp T&C’s without reading them?#WhatsappNewPolicy pic.twitter.com/dwXTTRKJbZ

— 🦋 (@Chaaiiholic_) January 7, 2021

Me thinking what to do now after accepting the policy without even reading it#WhatsappNewPolicy pic.twitter.com/jzKdwetZqX

— Hadia (@haha_hadia) January 8, 2021

One user rightfully reminded us that "if you're not paying for the product, you are the product."

If you're not paying for the product, then you're the product. . . . .🙃#WhatsappNewPolicy pic.twitter.com/FVgwjvuO2m

— Adarsh Vardhan Srivastava (@I_am_AvTheGr8T) January 7, 2021

But hey! "Privacy is an illusion"

Mark Zuckerberg after changing whats app privacy policy .

privacy is an illusion in digital world pic.twitter.com/3Cj60u4nfd

— Daman (@askdaman) January 6, 2021

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