In a series of recent tweets, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, criticized WhatsAppproperty of Meta Platforms, for what he described as “misuse” of user data. Muskknown for his controversial statements on social networks, did not hesitate to point out the popular messaging application for practices that, according to him, compromise the privacy of its users in addition to allegedly using people’s information for advertising purposes, messages that They are taken at night.
Elon Muskwho also owns the social media platform Twitterexpressed concern about the data handling policy of WhatsApp. In his tweets, Musk alleged that he collects and uses an excessive amount of personal data, which could put users’ privacy and security at risk.
For his part, the CEO of WhatsApp, Will Cathcart, has reiterated that this information cannot be distributed outside of each person’s chats, since they are protected by encryption, since the only way they can be passed through the Internet is through screenshots that they themselves use for different purposes. . Alleging that no one uses the messages to then throw publicity at the people involved.
Many have said this already, but worth repeating: this is not correct.
We take security seriously and that’s why we end-to-end encrypt your messages. They don’t get sent to us every night or exported to us.
If you do want to backup your messages, you can use your cloud provider… https://t.co/YkI2UEuLUJ
— Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) May 27, 2024
cathcart He also highlighted that the privacy policies of WhatsApp They are clear and available for all users to review. He added that the company is open to feedback and always seeks to improve the transparency and security of its platform.
The statements of Musk and the response of cathcart They have generated an intense debate on social networks and in the media. Many users of WhatsApp expressed concerns about the privacy of their data, while others defended the app and criticized Musk for his comments.
Via: Twitter
Author’s note: I don’t think they are stealing the conversations for commercial purposes, because if they were discovered there would be severe legal problems with which someone could claim and take a few million from the company in court.
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