WhatsApp has suddenly revealed the details behind its biggest update in five years. This is the one we’ve all been waiting for—an absolute game-changer for the messaging giant’s 2 billion users around the world.
This year has been something of a rollercoaster for WhatsApp. It entered 2o21 fighting back against data harvesting criticisms levelled in light of Apple’s privacy labels, and then it was hit even harder with a user backlash against plans to change its terms of service and, seemingly, share more data with Facebook.
But that was then, and this is now. WhatsApp has spent the last few months restoring user trust and confidence in the platform. And, it has done this well. A series of privacy campaigns focused on its end-to-end encryption, emphasizing that neither WhatsApp nor Facebook can access user content.
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