As we know, two of the most important Internet companies share an owner. The first and most famous of social networks, Facebook. And the most used instant messaging application in the world, Whatsappp. Both are owned by the controversial Mark Zuckerberg. Creator of the first, and buyer of the second.
On several occasions, both applications have been in the spotlight for dubious practices. Not in vain, have been the subject of various investigations since the date of their acquisition in 2.014. Even by a commission of the European data protection agency. For contributing incorrect data about the purchase processto, and for possible transfer of protected data from one to another.
Is a merger of WhatsApp and Facebook near?
It is something that users of both applications consider as an option. And is that a merger between Facebook and WhatsApp could end the controversies so far raised. The fact is that although it seems strange, there are numerous WhatsApp users who do not have a Facebook account. And the latter they would not willingly see that your data will be part of the social network.
From WhatsApp it was advertised a few months ago to its users that, in order to improve the service, they would use Facebook's own servers. Apparently, sharing servers could have been one of the reasons for our WhatsApp profile photos to end up on Facebook. Y the migration of such a volume of data could have been the reason for the recent outages courier.
Before we panic we need to know something. That our profile photos are hosted on servers owned by Facebook does not mean that the social network can make them public. And given the lack of officiality of these data and the rumor mill that arises, some beneficiary always appears. So we see how Telegram is again facing a considerable increase in its users.
For now, WhatsApp should not worry about this increase in Telegram. As the new users that Telegram accumulates almost never cease to belong to WhatsApp. But the somewhat obscure practices carried out by WhatsApp together with Facebook are becoming less and less popular with its users. And the improvements that increasingly make the differences against Telegram could one day take its toll.
