Twitter: After a Twitter engineer alleged that WhatsApp had been utilising his microphone in the background while he slept, Elon Musk stated that WhatsApp cannot be trusted. To back up his assertions, the Twitter employee supplied a screenshot of an Android dashboard. Musk replied to the tweet by saying that one cannot trust the platform. On the other hand, the head of Twitter is adding voice and video calling capabilities similar to those of WhatsApp to Twitter.
Twitter engineer posted a screenshot of Android dashboard
The screenshot of an Android dashboard was posted on Twitter by Foad Dabiri, a Twitter engineer. According to the screenshot, WhatsApp had access to his microphone in the background from 4:20 till 6:53 in the morning. He Tweeted, “WhatsApp has been using the microphone in the background, while I was asleep and since I woke up at 6AM (and that’s just a part of the timeline!) What’s going on?”
WhatsApp stated that users have full control over their microphone settings
Elon Musk responded to the tweet by writing, “WhatsApp cannot be trusted.” There is, however, more to this tale. In a tweet, WhatsApp confirmed the issue and stated that it was caused by an Android bug that “mis-attributes information in their privacy dashboard.” The user’s phone was a Google Pixel, and WhatsApp claims to have contacted Google to look into the situation and offer a solution. In a subsequent tweet, WhatsApp stated that users have “full control” over their microphone settings and that the microphone is only used when a call is being placed or when a voice note or video is being recorded.
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WhatsApp-like features to Twitter
In the meantime, Musk recently tweeted that he was bringing WhatsApp-like features to Twitter. Users of Twitter will soon be able to send direct messages (DMs) in response to any message in Twitter threads and answer with “any emoji.” Additionally, users will be able to use Twitter to make audio and video calls, similar to what WhatsApp does.
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