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WhatsApp Forces Users to Share Data With Facebook

Facebook owned messenger app WhatsApp is giving its 2 billion plus users an ultimatum: agree to share their personal data with the social network or delete their accounts. Full Story

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Who cares
January 10, 2021 10:18 am

What are you hiding

Old fashioned
Reply to  Who cares
January 10, 2021 12:47 pm

 Social media is basicaly anti-social. It has been years since I stopped using facebbook because of increasing privacy concerns which began with annoying “friend suggestions.” Why should any one want to “share contacts” or address books? I understand that media requires advertising revenue but there is no way to detrmine who is a “3rd party” or “partner.” As a frum person I see too much “Mazl Tov” B”DE” “Refuah S heleilmah” which should be delivered either personally, by phone, written correspondence or email. Whats App should be only for casual use. Important information, announcements, reminders and invitations can be emailed where… Read more »

Someone else Bh
Reply to  Old fashioned
January 10, 2021 1:59 pm

I never went into it to begin with. We use what we need….I have email and that’s more then enough, the rest I go on natural walks which are the best!

Tell us all your real name and main phone number
Reply to  Who cares
January 10, 2021 2:43 pm

And real home address, since you “have nothing to hide”.

Not About Nothing To Hide
Reply to  Who cares
January 10, 2021 3:41 pm

It’s not about what you have to hide. “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide, is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” E.S.

COULD CHANGE TO...
January 10, 2021 10:39 am

It seems that one could change to Signal.org/install. People have researched.

signal
January 10, 2021 10:50 am

Switch to Signal! Everyones on it.

Telegram is way better
Reply to  signal
January 11, 2021 10:24 am

Switch to telegram.org

Wow
January 10, 2021 11:09 am

Big tech at it again

Ok but
January 10, 2021 11:15 am

If you actually look into it, the new ToS just describe something that has been going on ANYWAY unless you opted out in 2016.

Also, if you have Facebook and/or Instagram and you think that getting rid of WhatsApp will prevent Facebook from having your information, I have some news for you.

This isn’t news, it’s all hype.

After 2016
Reply to  Ok but
January 10, 2021 12:28 pm

What about ppl who got WhatsApp after 2016?

Wrong
Reply to  Ok but
January 10, 2021 5:05 pm

People have much more information on WhatsApp than on Instagram or Facebook

Switch to signal
January 10, 2021 11:22 am

👍🏻

Can change to telegram
January 10, 2021 11:51 am

You can change to telegram as well

Not safe
Reply to  Can change to telegram
January 10, 2021 5:07 pm

Telegram is not a safe alternative to WhatsApp. It literally has a search engine built in. Although signal does not have yet all the features WhatsApp has, it is the most secure and family friendly, plus it has its own unique features…

Nothing new
January 10, 2021 12:26 pm

Do you really think they didn’t know everything about you?

Please clarify: Some sources say
January 10, 2021 2:57 pm

…not that the app will drop you if you don’t consent, but that the user not deleting the app will constitute consent.

Please find out and clarify for the public. We need to know what happens to us regarding WhatsApp if we do nothing.

We also need to know whether to manually delete anything we don’t want shared w/Facebook on Feb. 8 or is deleting the app before then enough to protect our privacy on past WhatsApp messages and media we currently retain on our phones.

Clarification
Reply to  Please clarify: Some sources say
January 11, 2021 2:38 am

Deleting the app may not delete your account. It’s account you want to delete

Go on app store and 1 star the app
January 10, 2021 3:50 pm

Giving a 1 star by millions of people will help

Welcome 2021 !!!!!!
January 10, 2021 5:43 pm

Welcome 2021 !!!!!!
New year new surprises !!!

not scary, just annoying (if you don't like ads)
January 10, 2021 6:58 pm

As far as I can tell, the new terms of service are not scary, but they might make the whatsapp experience annoying. They’re not scary because the content of whatsapp messages will still be encrypted, which means that nobody gets to see them except the sender and the recipient. But they might be annoying, because it means that ads will be inserted into the whatsapp experience. The fact that they are “targeted” ads makes no difference to me, and I don’t know why anyone would have a particular problem with targeted (as opposed to generic) ads.

Mottel
January 10, 2021 9:13 pm

Important notes:
1. Unless you changed WhatsApp setting (and if you’re getting upset now, you didn’t) you’ve been sharing data with Facebook since 2016.
2. You’ll need to uninstall WhatsApp, Facebook app and Instagram from your phone and remove the cookies of those sites from your computer.

Short of that, you’re just letting out hot air.

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