"WhatsApp respects and protects your privacy,"reads the headline of the advertisement copy in one of the leading dailies. Despiteclarifications on digital platforms by its head, the company has today publishedfull page ads in print publications. While the ads in some papers are publishedon the front page, some published it on their back pages.
Will Cathcart, head ofWhatsApp in one of the tweets writes, " With end-to-end encryption, we cannot see your privatechats or calls and neither can Facebook. We’re committed to this technology andcommitted to defending it globally. You can read more here: https://whatsapp.com/security/" In a tweets thread he tried his best to allay theprivacy concerns of people.
In the full pageadvertisements published in newspapers, WhatsApp has made a distinction between'what hasn't changed' and 'so what has changed.'
WhatsApp publishes that"WhatsApp cannot see your private messages or hear your calls, and neithercan Facebook: every private message, photo, video, voice message, and documentyou send your friends, family and co-workers in one-on-one or group chats isprotected by end-to-end encryption. It stays with you."
Similarly, in the otherthree points WhatsApp clearly states that privacy concerns are not true.
In stating what has changed,the company said, "We want to be clear that the policy update does notaffect the privacy of your messages with friends or fail in any way. Instead,this update includes changes related to messaging (managing) a business onWhatsApp which is optional, and provides further transparency about how wecollect and use data."
However, in the abovestatement, the company mistakenly writes messaging instead of managing. Twitterusers are tweeting how the digital medium has used print to allay the concernson privacy. One of the users, @imkaushiik tweets,"Losing the ground or feeling the heat from @telegram @signalapp."