More than 500 million active users joined Telegram after the controversial WhatsApp privacy policy change. In just 72 hours more than 25 million users joined Telegram. The app received huge users after a new WhatsApp privacy policy raised concerns over data sharing with Facebook.
The sudden surge in Telegram downloads comes after controversial WhatsApp privacy policy change which introduced controversial privacy changes to its policy.
The telegram app was founded by Russian Pavel Durov in 2013. Its operational center is based in Dubai. It is a cloud-based instant messaging App. Unlike WhatsApp Telegram have official apps for Windows, Linux, macOS and Windows Phone
What is Whatsapp privacy policy 2021?
So, what exactly is Whatsapp privacy policy update? According to the new WhatsApp privacy policy 2021 from next month, WhatsApp will collect these data from its users:
- Profile names
- Profile pictures
- User phone numbers
- A status messages
- User’s online status when the user was last seen
- Your contact phone numbers stored in your cell phone address contacts
- Battery status
- Diagnostic data
Moreover, Facebook can share user’s collected data with its other products.
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