No matter what you do, there is a very high probability that you must be using WhatsApp very often in your daily life. But due to recent policy changes in WhatsApp, it has raised some serious privacy concerns.
According to the new policy, WhatsApp will be sharing the following user data with Facebook:
- user ID
- device ID
- purchase history
- advertising data
- phone number
- coarse location
- contacts
- email address
- crash data
- product integration
- payment information
- diagnostic data
- performance data
- product interaction
- customer support
- & other user data
This huge list might have scared you the same way it has scared other 2 billion active users around the world.
Discuss
So as a developer, what are your opinions on data trade which is going on among companies such as WhatsApp & Facebook?
And are you planning to ditch WhatsApp as well & move on to a better privacy-friendly service like Signal & Telegram?
Please share your thoughts in Discussions/Comments
Latest comments (51)
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Then you have to quit Instagram, messenger and Facebook
meh
After the previous Whatsapp update, I started to use Telegram. However, with this WA update I reconsidered and probably will switch to Signal instead. Reason? e2e encryption.
telegra.ph/Why-Isnt-Telegram-End-t...
twitter.com/FasidMpm/status/134925...
How dare twitter boycotted a sitting president of the United States. Twitter just crossed the line. Facebook has already crossed the line
yeah absolutely #boycott fb and twitter
Not even that fb even sells your private messages.
For more info
"Yes, they claim to encrypt all your messages but they are all stored on their servers and as part of the terms and conditions they (through FB) are allowed to sell it."
Source: quora.com/Does-WhatsApp-sell-our-d...
Another source theverge.com/2020/12/17/22180258/g...
Whatsapp is a privacy nightmare. You guys really need to look for alternatives.
I don't really care and it's practically impossible to move everyone over to a new app. I'm using these services for free in exchange for some information they use to show me ads, yeah whatever, do your thing. It's not like I'm chatting on Whatsapp about the next heist on the federal reserve lol.
I get your point, but don't forget they scan content for certain phrases, and we have no confidence that you wouldn't be remembered for writing "I'm chatting on Whatsapp about the ......... reserve" with the innocent parts filtered out.
When the time comes for you to be before the hanging' judge they can just declare they kept the phrase "for security purposes" but filtered and sanctimoniously discarded the rest for privacy compliance.
We of all people should know that, its what they infer, then store whether correct or not that is our concern.
yes for me i built my own chat application
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