WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app
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you know why I'm here
Devilinurear
Veteran
More international and they didn't use to save your texts. It was used to do alot of illegal things.
can you pm me also
Family Lives Matter
#FLM
StretfordRed
Afro-European
I’m still hitting X on the notification.
I been using WhatsApp since day 1 in the U.K. and it’s by far the most used messaging app in EU, South America and probably 3rd in Asia behind WeChat & Line.
I’m at loggerheads as no one I know will change to Telegram/Signal. Man I hate Zuckerberg
It was a dark day. We knew they’d eventually start blurring the lines. Even my IG may get a delete soon. Already deleted FB.
I been using WhatsApp since day 1 in the U.K. and it’s by far the most used messaging app in EU, South America and probably 3rd in Asia behind WeChat & Line.
I’m at loggerheads as no one I know will change to Telegram/Signal. Man I hate Zuckerberg
It was a dark day. We knew they’d eventually start blurring the lines. Even my IG may get a delete soon. Already deleted FB.
loyola llothta
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WhatsApp in damage-control mode after its Facebook-or-die ultimatum
There’s no way to opt out of these intrusive privacy policy changes
Facebook has a long history of privacy lapses, including some more serious ones, and the mere fact that it owns some of the most widely used social media apps already concerns privacy-conscious users. While WhatsApp was still able to keep a fair distance from Facebook’s unreliable privacy practices, that fringe benefit is soon going away, as the messaging app has decided to enforce new usage terms that give its parent company more control over your WhatsApp data.
link:WhatsApp in damage-control mode after its Facebook-or-die ultimatum
There’s no way to opt out of these intrusive privacy policy changes
Facebook has a long history of privacy lapses, including some more serious ones, and the mere fact that it owns some of the most widely used social media apps already concerns privacy-conscious users. While WhatsApp was still able to keep a fair distance from Facebook’s unreliable privacy practices, that fringe benefit is soon going away, as the messaging app has decided to enforce new usage terms that give its parent company more control over your WhatsApp data.
An in-app notification sent over the past week gives nearly all WhatsApp users until February 8 to accept some new clauses introduced in the app’s terms of service and privacy policy. For the moment you can dismiss the pop-up without accepting anything — but it won’t stay like that for long. This notice is essentially an ultimatum requiring you to accept the new terms, or else be prepared to lose access to your WhatsApp account — there’s no middle ground.
(via: The Hacker News)
Many of us would mindlessly agree to this regular-looking policy update, but diving a little deeper into the text tells you how Facebook’s plan to use your WhatsApp data comes into play here. Hitting that "accept" button will give the IM app your irrevocable nod to share any information that it holds on you with Facebook and its various subsidiaries.
This possibly comes as a part of Facebook’s recent efforts to tightly integrate all its messaging services — Messenger, Instagram DM, and WhatsApp — under one umbrella. In a similar policy change back in 2016(about two years after being acquired by Facebook), WhatsApp gave its users a one-time option to opt-out of such overt data sharing with its parent company, but unfortunately, you don’t have that option this time around.
The data points that all Facebook companies can access may include your account details, any metadata associated with your chats, your financial transactions (over WhatsApp Pay), and even some information that the app automatically collects, like your log reports, device and network details, and your location (approximate, even if you haven’t consented location sharing). It’s worth pointing out that your WhatsApp chats and calls are still end-to-end encrypted, so neither Facebook nor WhatsApp can directly access your messages. However, all the associated metadata is nothing short of a digital treasure, which Facebook can use to target its services and ads better. Having said that, these policy changes apply everywhere except the EU, where WhatsApp has to work according to robust GDPR guidelines.
While these are the primary concerns, the new policy also notes that the service will have no ads for now, indicating that this stance could change in the future. Plus, WhatsApp clarifies that any information you share with business accounts on its platform could be shared by that outfit with other third parties, which may be governed by their respective privacy policies.
Given the widespread outrage, there’s a (very) slight chance that WhatsApp may repeal these changes or at least give the affected users an option to opt out of this forced data sharing agreement without losing access to all their existing chats and groups. However, I won’t put my money on it. If the company decides to go ahead as planned, you should at least go through the revised terms before making the call on staying with WhatsApp or switching to independent alternatives like Telegram and Signal.
Using a nicely laid-out infographic (above), it clarifies that neither WhatsApp nor Facebook can read your private messages, while the accompanying text lists out the things it does not share with its parent company. However, it deliberately doesn’t talk about the information and metadata it in fact collects and shares with Facebook because that would’ve turned into a much longer list.
UPDATE: 2021/01/12 2:43AM PST BY KARANDEEP SINGH
link:WhatsApp in damage-control mode after its Facebook-or-die ultimatum
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I just learned yesterday that when you start to type something on FB and then delete it (without sending it) FB saves the message anyways 
philmonroe
Superstar
Sounds goodDeleted the app mid-2020. Great timing on my part
Im back to living my life the way I did in high school, before social media
Only thing im missing is the easy p*ssy I used to get from just dropping a hoe a DM #MouthpieceGang.
Good thing I decided to keep a lil roster before I checked out
philmonroe
Superstar
Same here. I've been looking for a usb microphone now all of a sudden I'm seeing ads for it on IG
Dallas' 4 Eva
Superstar
I got off most social media a couple years ago. It's been the Coli or nothing for me since I joined.
philmonroe
Superstar
What is the telegram for the stocks and the coli? I'm always trying to learn some stock stuff. @Astroslik or any anybody else if y'all got the hookup let me in now word to Nellyif you're just trying to have a secure chat with friends, Signal is a good app to use.
However, if you're trying to learn new stuff and get stock and crypto tips, Telegram and Reddit are the GOATs.
I'm made so much money off those two.