As usual, the European Union has some good intentions in this area: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/10/whatsapp-facebook-google-privacy-rules-e

As usual, the European Union has some good intentions in this area: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/10/whatsapp-facebook-google-privacy-rules-ec-european-directive https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/10/whatsapp-... We'll see how that goes. I have a feeling most users will just opt in without much care.