The social media giant Facebook will buy the mobile messaging giant
Whatsapp for $19 billion. This is an awesome move by Facebook after it's
acquisition of the photo sharing service provider Instagram in 2012 to
bring more younger users into the social media.
To note that , Whatsapp was founded by a Ukrainian college dropout, Jan Koun and alumnus of Stanford , Brain Acton. Whatsapp has around 450 million users in last five years. This deal of social media giant moving closer to the heart of mobile communication will surely bring more new users into Facebook .
But there is always a question in the mind about Data security. Will there be a security issues with the users private data? Whatsapp being accessing your contacts as such , now it may be a concern whether Facebook will be able to access the same. But, the deal says that Whatsapp will be functioning as a separate entity , so the threat towards the security may be lesser. But, still Facebook should be responsible in handling the user's data. I feel it's apt to name it as "Facebook era", don't you feel the same!
To note that , Whatsapp was founded by a Ukrainian college dropout, Jan Koun and alumnus of Stanford , Brain Acton. Whatsapp has around 450 million users in last five years. This deal of social media giant moving closer to the heart of mobile communication will surely bring more new users into Facebook .
But there is always a question in the mind about Data security. Will there be a security issues with the users private data? Whatsapp being accessing your contacts as such , now it may be a concern whether Facebook will be able to access the same. But, the deal says that Whatsapp will be functioning as a separate entity , so the threat towards the security may be lesser. But, still Facebook should be responsible in handling the user's data. I feel it's apt to name it as "Facebook era", don't you feel the same!
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