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WhatsApp users who in 2016 opted out of sharing data with third parties are now being asked by Facebook to either accept a privacy policy that states their meta
by pera 6y ago
WhatsApp users who in 2016 opted out of sharing data with third parties are now being asked by Facebook to either accept a privacy policy that states their metadata can be shared with third parties or stop chatting with friends and family through their app.
A poster bellow in this thread quoted a Wired article where some FB representative says they will "honor" the opt-out, yet this is not stated anywhere in the privacy policy as far as I can tell. I think it would be trivial for Facebook to make this clear in their new policy.
- mgdev 6y agoI believe the sharing only applies when talking to those third parties. E.g., if you only ever talk to friends and family, there is effectively no change.
- rojcyk 6y agoThey are boiling a frog. It is naive to think they will stop here.
- ptr2voidStar 6y agoPeople's naivety never cease to amaze me.