WhatsApp could share your data with Facebook in its next version
The purchase of the WhatsApp application by the Facebook company on February 19, 2014 revolutionized users. After the spying scandals and the well-known policies of the social network, many began to wonder if their conversations and messages would not be in danger after this business. Quickly, both the managers of WhatsApp and Facebook announced that the messaging application would continue its course independiente, without the company behind the social network going to change one iota of operation or compromising the privacy of the users of WhatsAppWell, almost two years later thetables could be about to turn
And it is that the young Spanish developer Javier Santos has discovered a secret option that would ruin what was secured by Facebook and WhatsApp after purchasing the app. Thus, within the latest beta or test version, launched only through the WhatsApp for Android website , a feature has been discovered by which users could share and send information from their WhatsApp account directly to Facebook Just what many feared after buying WhatsApp
This feature is hidden within version beta, as well as disabled default. That is, users who have this version of WhatsApp on Android should not worry about moment for this matter.According to the developer, it is necessary to have access as superuser (to have rooted the phone) and to do some programming to reveal this option within the menu Settings With this it would be possible to activate it to “share WhatsApp account information with Facebook to improve my experiences on Facebook”Reasons that do not clearly specify what this function translates into, what its consequences are or why Facebook would want to access the supposed minimum information that according to those responsible for WhatsApp have their users.
Please note that this is a beta or test version, which means that this feature may not finally reach the final version that is distributed to all users through of the Google Play Store for platform AndroidHowever, it does give cause for thought about the word and decisions of those responsible for these applications and companies, which could be called into question before their next steps.
This function is currently hidden and disabled, perhaps in order to go unnoticed before being tested and thoroughly checked. Will Facebook want to charge valuable information for the recently launched free WhatsApp service? Will it be a feature to help find WhatsApp contacts on Facebook? What information would WhatsApp be able to transmit to the social network company? For now these are questions that remain in the air and that could do a lot of damage to what is already the most used messaging application Worldwide.
