The Turkish government is advising WhatsApp users to stay away from its use to use the application developed by a company sponsored by the country's own state. Undoubtedly the dust that the messaging application is raising after launching its new privacy policy makes Many of us consider leaving this app aside before the app itself leaves us stranded if we don't accept your policies.
But in Turkey they go one step further and call what happened with the popular messaging app "digital fascism". In this sense, the government of the country itself launched a statement published by the Office of Digital Transformation of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey on Twitter warning of these bad practices and advises the use of its own app to send messages:
Foreign-sourced applications contain significant risks to the security of our data. We must protect our data with local software developed for our needs. We must fight together against digital fascism
The really important thing in this case is that the new conditions of use allow Facebook to obtain all mobile data, phone numbers, shopping data, general interest and locations of WhatsApp users and this seems that it does not fall within the plans of many users who are considering its use.
The BIP app is the alternative in the case of Turkey, an app of which the State of Turkey owns 25% of it and of which in just over 24 hours more than 1,1 million people have been downloaded. Today, Turkey forces social network developers to store their users' data on servers located in the country and for non-compliance with these they have already imposed several fines precisely on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube ...
On the other hand Amnesty International indicates that the Turkish Government has too much power over this privacy of users by law and proposes a middle ground precisely so as not to damage the privacy of users by sending the data to the Government of the country itself.
Moment until next February 8 We will not see changes in our country in WhatsApp despite the fact that the notification for us to accept the new policies of the app has already been coming out on our devices for a few weeks. A real headache for many users.
