WhatsApp will delete the accounts of users of "unofficial" apps
WhatsApp has begun to "temporarily" suspend the accounts of users who use its messaging service through third-party apps, such as WhatsApp Plus or GB WhatsApp. The veto also extends to those applications developed by third parties "that claim to be able to move your WhatsApp chats from one phone to another", explained the company owned by Facebook, which ensures that the decision is based on "it is not possible to validate their security practices ".
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The blocking of the account of the users of these applications is provisional, ensures WhatsApp in an official communication, but warns that it will be "permanent" if these are not passed to the "official version". "We may not notify you before suspending your account. If you believe that your account was suspended by mistake, contact us by email and we will review your case," warns the messaging app, which has some 2,000 users worldwide.
"If you received a message within the application notifying that your account is 'temporarily suspended' it means that you are probably using an unauthorized version of WhatsApp instead of the official WhatsApp application. If after your account has been temporarily suspended, do not you start using the official version of WhatsApp, your account could be permanently suspended, "the company warns.
Until now, the platform had tolerated the existence of these applications, which offer some extra functionality to those of their original version. However, WhatsApp has started a campaign to remove these apps developed by third parties from the market because they are "altered versions" and "not supported". The strategy that you will use will be to block the accounts of all the users that you detect using them.
Transfer of chats to the official version
WhatsApp, you have had to recently postponing a change to your privacy policy due to the flight of users to alternative services like Signal and Telegram, will allow to migrate the conversation history of users of unofficial versions of WhatsApp to the standard app.
In the case of WhatsApp Plus users, to make the change, just save the chats history (More options> Settings> Chats> Backup> Save) and download the official version. Those of GB WhatsApp must do a series of previous steps that the company has detailed in your official communication on blocking the accounts of third-party app users.
