The data includes phone numbers, email IDs, physical addresses, geolocation data, workplace information & inferred salaries, and links to users' social media accounts
The company has not cited any specific reason for deferring the implementation of the privacy policy update
The survey further stated that 45% of the respondents claimed to have wondered, whether instant messaging service providers can access their messages
WhatsApp said in a blog post that there's been a lot of misinformation causing concern and we want to help everyone understand our principles and the facts
Signal was downloaded 3.3 million times compared to WhatsApp's 1.7 million downloads between Jan 5 & 11