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Your data isn't even in the picture. We are simply not interested in any of it. My gosh, how the tide can turn. https://write.privacytools.io/right-to-privacy
by resynth1943 6y ago
Your data isn't even in the picture. We are simply not interested in any of it.
My gosh, how the tide can turn.
https://write.privacytools.io/right-to-privacy/getting-whatsapps-privacy-policy-prompts-heres-why https://write.privacytools.io/right-to-privacy/getting-whats...
WhatsApp now collects:
WhatsApp: Device ID, User ID, Advertising Data, Purchase History, Coarse Location, Phone Number, Email, Contacts, Product Interaction, Crash, Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostics Data, Payment Info, Customer Support, Product Interaction, Other User, Content.
- hanniabu 6y agoYup, classic bait and switch tactics. Act like a saint, get a ton of users, then milk them dry.
- marcinzm 6y agoFor extra points, get paid billions for it and then act outraged when the new owner decides to make back their investment.
- huseyinkeles 6y agoFunny how literally the same thing happened with Oculus acquisition by Facebook.
- resynth1943 6y agoI'm personally worried Signal will suffer the same fate. It's heavily trusted in its current state, but it could, in time, turn into a Silicon Valley "product" (and so will we). eye roll.
- kvm 6y agoThe founders were true to these values and IMO did not just "act like a saint"
- anoncake 6y agoThey did, however, act like fools by selling to Facebook and assuming WhatsApp stayed ethical.
- g8oz 6y agoHow do they collect purchase history? Do they link your Whatsapp account with purchases you make on shopping apps/sites through the Facebook SDK?
- dingaling 6y agoWhatsApp Carts, enabling purchase of tangible things: https://blog.whatsapp.com/making-it-easier-to-shop-on-whatsapp-with-carts/?lang=en https://blog.whatsapp.com/making-it-easier-to-shop-on-whatsa... Basically trying to catch-up with WeChat in terms of a transactional platform