WhatsApp changes its messenger. If you don’t agree to this by February 8th, you will be kicked out. The first users have now received a corresponding message.
The clock is ticking for WhatsApp users. You have to agree to a change in Messenger by February 8th or you will be kicked out. (Source: FlashDevelop /depositphotos.com / Facebook / Montage: igamesnews.de)
- WhatsApp changes its terms of use as of February 8, 2021.
- You have to agree to this.
- Otherwise you will no longer be able to use Messenger and your account will be deleted.
WhatsApp always introduces new functions. That is a good thing, and most of the time they make sense. Only a few weeks ago there was new wallpapers for the messenger. Partly optimized for dark mode, you can illustrate individual chats differently. This helps to distinguish the chats from one another, but is ultimately just a small gimmick. It is similar with the additional emojis for WhatsApp
On the other hand, the recently introduced ones are more useful expiring messages. Notifications receive a kind of self-destruct mechanism, after seven days they automatically disappear. By the way, you acknowledge these messages the little clock. The function itself is not new either, Snapchat and various other messengers have had it for a long time, but it is always useful.
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You have to know these secret WhatsApp functions
You have to know these secret WhatsApp functions
Usually, these and similar functions are rolled out relatively quietly. At some point the function is there and you use it or you don’t. However, you have to actively agree to the next change and that also has to do with future functional enhancements. If you do not do this, you can no longer use WhatsApp.
What will happen?
If new functions have been introduced so far, you have found out about them via media, social media or YouTube. Either via WhatsApp’s own channels or via third parties. In the future, WhatsApp wants to inform its users itself and for this they need your consent. The communication itself should run via so-called “In-App Announcements”. WhatsApp basically sends you a WhatsApp itself as soon as there is something new. And as with any other company, you have to give your active consent beforehand, otherwise WhatsApp is not allowed to communicate with you under current law.
What sounds simple and banal at first has a small catch: Those who do not agree are kicked out! You have to comply with the new terms of use until February 8, 2021 Agree, otherwise you can no longer use WhatsApp. This is also reported by the WhatsApp specialist WABetainfo Blog and the developer blog XDA Developers.
This is a novelty for WhatsApp, so far you had agreed to the terms of use once during the installation. You have “passively” agreed to all subsequent changes to the provisions by continuing to use the messenger.
Data exchange with Facebook
The new terms of use also include permission for WhatsApp to share your data with Facebook. This initially caused confusion on the Internet, because in the USA WhatsApp is hereby granted the right to use data from WhatsApp users for advertising purposes.
In addition, this is intended to enable closer interlinking of Facebook products. Examples of this are given in the terms of use. For example, the ability to make payments with Facebook Pay via WhatsApp.
However, this does not apply to users in the EU; there is still no data transfer for advertising purposes. Messenger has now made this clear and has also revealed which and for which For the purposes of this, your data may still be forwarded to Facebook will.
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Note: This text was updated on January 8th at 12:25 PM. It was made clear that data exchange with Facebook remains restricted in the EU.
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