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it is no secret that large companies like Facebook or Google have access to the personal information of its users.
however, a report published in mid-January in The Guardian claimed that WhatsApp, the application global leader in instant messaging, has a "vulnerability" in their security system that allowed it to intercept the encrypted messages between users. Facebook strongly denied this information, which was widely questioned by security experts.
Now, a research from Forbes magazine has revealed that WhatsApp provides data to governments and specifies what type of information it is easy.
According to court documents to which he has had access to the magazine, the app of instant messaging has revealed data to the FBI on multiple occasions.
mostly, always according to Forbes, this is metadata that describes what numbers have interacted through WhatsApp, when and for how long, as well as the IP addresses and the identifiers of the telephone associated accounts subordinate. The location data and contacts may also be accessible for the police when so requested.
on the other hand, the research points out that one of the major concerns about the privacy of WhatsApp is its opacity.
While Facebook, the company that owns, publishes annually two reports on transparency, not specifying how many data requests correspond to WhatsApp nor indicates what type of information you can provide.
in Addition, while Facebook informs a user when his account is being investigated, it is not clear if WhatsApp takes place that same protocol.
original Article here.
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