Isikhathi esithile manje, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokudalulwa kwamaphepha e-Snowden, ukuphepha nobumfihlo sekubekwe ngaphezu kwezidingo eziningi zabasebenzisi futhi njengobufakazi balokhu, ukuthi i-WhatsApp iyinkosi yamanje yesikhulumi Imiyalezo yeselula eyengezwe ukubethela kokuphela kokuphela ezimbalwa Emasontweni edlule ekusebenzeni kwayo, ukuze imilayezo ethunyelwe ngabasebenzisi ayinakwa, ngoba zibetheliwe kudivayisi ethunyelwayo futhi zibhalwe ikhodi kudivayisi ezizitholayo, isici esifunwa kakhulu ngabasebenzisi bale nkundla, ngoba izinhlelo eziningi ezincintisanayo bezinalo msebenzi isikhathi eside.
Ngemuva kokuqaliswa kwalesi silinganiso sokuphepha ku-WhatsApp I-Facebook izokwengeza futhi lolu hlobo lokubethela kungxenyekazi yesibili emakethe yemiyalezo esheshayo, I-Facebook Messenger. Kuyacaca ukuthi abafana abakuFacebook bahamba kuphela ngenxa yezintshisakalo zabo. Mhlawumbe ukungeza lolu hlobo lokuphepha okwengeziwe ezinhlelweni zabo zemiyalezo kungashukunyiswa ukukhula okuhamba kancane ezinyangeni zamuva zezinsizakalo zabo zokuthumela imiyalezo ngoba uma kukhulunywa ngokukopisha insizakalo yokudlulisa ividiyo esakazwa yi-Twitter ngePeriscope bakuthathe izinyanga ezimbalwa nje.
Kepha njengokujwayelekile njalo lapho i-Facebook ingeza isici esisha, inketho yokubethela kokuphela kokuphela izotholakala njengenketho kubasebenzisi be-Facebook njengamanye ama-bots amasha afike kwipulatifomu yemiyalezo ngeke asebenze kahle ngalolu hlobo lokubethela. Lesi sizathu singikhumbuza okuningi i-WhatsApp enikeze abasebenzisi be-iOS abathathe isikhathi eside ukuyijabulela, noma abahlushwa yi-WhatsApp Web, ngenxa yezinkinga zokuphepha ezinikezwa yi-iOS, izinkinga ebengingazitholi kungxenyekazi ye-Android. izofika ngaphambi kwalolu hlelo lokusebenza lweselula.
