The billionaire assured that the messaging application exports the data of its users
Rare is the week in which we do not have a news story starring Elon Musk. A few hours ago we learned that the billionaire intends to compete against OpenAI, the technology giant behind ChatGPT. Through xAI, his artificial intelligence company, Musk hopes to surpass the possibilities of the most popular chatbot in the world. However, the eccentric character is not in the news for that choice, but for his curious opinion about WhatsApp and the treatment they do with user data.
As the portal points out TechSpot in a recent publicationElon Musk used his X profile to launch several messages related to the privacy by WhatsApp. Under your consideration, the Meta instant messaging app exports user data “each night“, which is why he dared to launch a most daring message: “some people still think it’s safe”. And, as expected, those responsible for the application were quick to respond to Musk’s accusations.
WhatsApp raises doubts about your privacy
In said X thread it appeared Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp. Following Musk’s post, Cathcart took the opportunity to reveal that Musk’s claims were false: “we take security seriously and that’s why we encrypt your end-to-end messages are not sent to us every night or exported.” However, this statement raised eyebrows among users, since Musk alluded to the user data and Cathcart, for his part, spoke of the messages that these are sent.
In the past, the cyber researcher Tommy Misk discovered that some metadata is indeed shared between other Meta companies. In this way, options like Instagram or Facebook have access to the location of WhatsApp users, the patterns they use when they are in the app and even the contacts with whom they communicate the most. Be that as it may, Musk’s publication caused a heated debate on the network that, hours later, is still active.
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