‘WhatsApp Headquarters’: Messaging app trolled on Twitter

 

• WhatsApp, in a shocking announcement earlier this month, said it will share user date with Facebook.
• Signal and Telegram apps have recorded a surge in demand since then.
• WhatsApp is being trolled on social media daily.

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WhatsApp has been under fire since it announced to update its privacy policy under which the messaging app will share data with its parent company Facebook.

The change in policy has sent shockwaves among the users who have questioned the logic behind data sharing and are encouraging others to install Signal and Telegram apps which have seen a sudden increase in demand.

WhatsApp, which uses Signal's encryption technology, laid out fresh terms earlier this month, asking users to agree to let owner Facebook Inc and its subsidiaries collect user data, including their phone number and location.

The internet users are having a field day on social media in Pakistan and Twitter is flooded with ‘WhatsApp Headquarter’ memes slamming the messaging app.

Here are some of the funniest reactions on Twitter:

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WhatsApp’s first update for 2021 is here

 

• A new update has been submitted by WhatsApp to the Google Play Beta Program
  
• WhatsApp is asking users to accept new terms of services
  
• WhatsApp considering offering a public beta for WhatsApp Web to let the user try using the app without keeping the phone connected

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The instant messaging app WhatsApp has introduced a Beta update for Android — making it the first one for the new year.

According to WABetainfo, the updated version 2.21.1.1 has been uploaded onto the Google Play Beta Program.

The portal said that WhatsApp has started asking some of its users to begin accepting the new terms of services.

“Accepting these new terms won’t change your WhatsApp experience: your chats, messages, calls and status updates are still end-to-end encrypted,” the portal said.

Multi-device use

Moreover, an important update that, according to WABetainfo, is not available to all users at the moment, is the multi-device feature.

This is new feature will allow users to use WhatsApp on multiple devices without requiring an active internet connection on the main device.

“WhatsApp is considering the idea to offer a public beta for WhatsApp Web in order to let the user try the new experience to use WhatsApp without keeping your phone connected,” it said.

However, the official release date for the feature has not been released yet.

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