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Is there any unbiased analysis of the implications of the WhatsApp change of policy? The most popular HN story on the subject [1] tells us little about that. A
by m000 6y ago
Is there any unbiased analysis of the implications of the WhatsApp change of policy? The most popular HN story on the subject [1] tells us little about that.
As far as I can tell, the TL;DR of the change is that your WhatsApp identifier will be linked to your FB data, so that personalized advertisements can be displayed in WhatsApp.
The only detail I find highly objectionable in the change, is FB collecting through WhatsApp "Other people’s phone numbers stored in address books." Why don't we focus on the objectionable parts of the change, rather than panicking that there was a change?
Moreover, a less popular HN story [2] mentions that "The new privacy policy also doesn’t apply in Europe due to stronger privacy legislation there." (I can confirm that on my side: I'm living in Europe and I haven't seen the dreaded popup yet.)
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662215 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662215
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25668367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25668367
- levosmetalo 6y ago> (I can confirm that on my side: I'm living in Europe and I haven't seen the dreaded popup yet.) Also leaving in EU and just got the popup this morning, so it's definitely comming to Europe too.
- saurik 6y agoIt isn't even clear to me what is really changing or whether it matters... WhatsApp has had a feature they have been working on with Facebook for a while to allow Facebook business pages to maintain a presence on WhatsApp with a hosted client (something you might appreciate being useful for a lot of companies), and as far as I know this is just that. > The move, the spokeswoman said, is part of a previously disclosed move to allow businesses to store and manage WhatsApp chats using Facebook's infrastructure. Users won't have to use WhatsApp to interact with the businesses and have the option of blocking the businesses. She said there will be no change in how WhatsApp shares provide[d] data with Facebook for non-business chats and account data.
- TeeWEE 6y agoI have seen the popup, but i'm in europe. Not sure why the popup has been shown to me: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/176412/whatsapp-verplicht-datadelen-met-facebook-maar-niet-voor-europese-gebruikers.html https://tweakers.net/nieuws/176412/whatsapp-verplicht-datade...