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The signature green WhatsApp logo has been a staple on almost every social media users’ phone since the social networking application gained popularity in the early 2010s. Sleek and easy to navigate through, the application offered mobile users the convenience of voice and video calls, free chats enabled by internet connection as well as easy sharing of photographs and other documents.
But when news broke last week that the messaging software would require users to share their data with Facebook, privacy concerns emerged, coupled with panic and confusion since people had become accustomed to the app. The Facebook-owned app changed its privacy policy in early January, asking users to accept the new terms which would share data with the parent company and failure to agree with the new terms would result in account deactivation.
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