Amid the WhatsApp
feud with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, a latest
message claims that if you see three red-ticks on your WhatsApp it could be a
data breach.
The issue of three red-ticks has appeared after WhatsApp sued the Indian government over its new ‘intermediary guidelines.’
As per the new message, “Two blue ticks and one red tick means the government can take action against, while three red ticks will mean that the government has started court proceedings against you.”
However, we would like to clear the air, as the similar forwarded message went viral last year and the claims were later refuted by the application. The viral that has the ‘forwarded many times label’ say that once the new rules come into force, all calls and messages on the application will be recorded and accounts will also be monitored.
While WhatsApp has challenged the Indian government over the message traceability concerns, it still assures that the application is private and end-to-end encrypted which means no third party, be Facebook, WhatsApp, or government could read your messages.
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It may be noted here the message further states that if a user would share a negative message against the government or a religious issue, then you would be detained. However, all the claims made in the message are useless and baseless.
Moreover, the message also claims that users' devices will be "connected to the ministry system." It further added that WhatsApp has enforced a new tick system, that helps users to identify the messages they are sending are being checked by the government.
Pertinently, there's has been no update regarding the tick system policy on WhatsApp. As of now, getting one tick indicates that a message is sent, two ticks mean the message is delivered and when these two ticks turn blue it means your message has been read by the user.
Also Read: New rules for traceability, privacy won’t be compromised: GoI over WhatsApp lawsuit