We know that using Facebook applications means agreeing toresell your data. Certainly, this is the game so that the services in question can generate income and continue to offer their platforms for free. But when WhatsApp decides to simply ban users who disagree, that's something else. Explanations.
On its official website, the messaging tells us more about the limitations put in place so that everyone is required to accept its new confidentiality policy. As a reminder, this was strongly criticized from all sides, both by specialized journalists and by ordinary Internet users. For what ? Quite simply because sheshares its data with other applicationsfrom Palo Alto. That is, Instagram or third-party developers.
What you can no longer do
If you do not accept this contract to provide your personal information, the application will gradually become unusable. This will take place in several stages. First, a series ofreminderswill hammer you to validate the document. But little by little, these will really become persistent to the point where you can no longer open the home screen. Overlaid on the rest of the app, the text in question cannot be closed other than by complying with WhatsApp rules.
If at the beginning it will certainly always be possible to respond to messages received via floating notifications on the screen, thecalls will be completely blockedafter a while. Hard to swallow for those who communicate this way on a daily basis.
Justice gets involved
If Facebook allowed itself to use such a stratagem to circumvent the ATT, it would then bebannedfrom the App Store. But here it seems that nothing can stop it: after months of negative feedback from the public, WhatsApp's privacy policy continues on its path. The big winners are also the advertisers who will always have more targeting criteria available for their advertisements.
Despite everything, legislators could well find fault with it…Germany, for its part, has already undertaken major investigationsaimed at better understanding these practices, which would moreover be anti-competitive.
