WhatsApp is a monster that does not stop growing, the most used instant messaging application in the world (outside of China) is presuming a new milestone in its history: more than 2,000 million users use the platform, that is, more than a quarter part of the world population is in communication within WhatsApp. A true barbarity.
The figure of 2,000 million users is a feat and positions Facebook as the main actor in the communications of the majority of users worldwide. Remember that Facebook exceeded this figure in 2017.
WhatsApp takes advantage of the ad to talk about privacy
The last figure we had of WhatsApp was precisely 2018 when the app announced that it had overcome the barrier of 1,500 million users. Today, two years later, 500 million users have joined the platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg.
This is how WhatsApp becomes the second Facebook application with more than 2,000 million users. The other is the same Facebook, which has more than 2.5 billion users.
At the end of January, during the delivery of financial results, Facebook noted that there were 2,260 million users who opened Facebook, Messenger, Instagram or WhatsApp every day, an increase compared to the 2,200 million they had reported the previous quarter. If we focus on monthly active users within the entire family of applications, then we have a total of 2,890 million users, which represents an increase of 9% over the previous year. Again, outrageous.
WhatsApp was born in 2009 and in 2014 was sold to Facebook for $ 19.3 billion. The application took almost seven years to exceed 1,000 million users, and now four years later it doubles that figure.
As part of this announcement, WhatsApp has taken the opportunity to launch a site dedicated to privacy on its platform, where they commit to “respect the privacy of their users” using technology such as end-to-end encryption, which allows messages to travel encrypted and can only be seen between the interlocutors.
“This is why each private message sent using WhatsApp is encrypted end-to-end by default. This acts as a digital lock that cannot be broken and protects the information you send via WhatsApp, helping to protect you from hackers and criminals. . Messages are only stored on your phone, and nobody can read your messages or listen to your calls, not even us. Your private conversations stay between you and your recipients. “
This in a clear message addressed to the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, India and Australia, where they are pressing the company to weaken this encryption or, there is a way to access some private messages in case of security-related investigations National or crimes.
“End-to-end encryption is a necessity in modern life. We will not compromise the security of the platform because we do not want people to feel unprotected. For added protection, we work with the best security experts, we use leading technology in the industry to stop possible abuses, and we offer controls and channels to report problems, without sacrificing privacy. “
While all this happens, WhatsApp still does not make money. Yes, a platform with more than 2,000 million dollars that does not sell shows advertising, and that today can not be monetized. A few days ago the cancellation of the plans to show advertising in the WhatsApp States was announced since Facebook seems to have found a way to monetize the app through tools aimed at companies.
Of course, there is still a lot to do since despite having a large number of users, the functions are still behind some other messaging platforms, there are still issues pending, such as the dissemination of fake news, where Despite the attempts, they are still not enough.
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