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I believe it falls under that umbrella.

• whimsicalism 5y ago
  So how is that distinct from text?
  • incahoots 5y ago
    So for your question I would suggest reviewing this: https://techgeekbase.com/is-whatsapp-social-media-platform/ https://techgeekbase.com/is-whatsapp-social-media-platform/ Texting short of knowing one's phone number has no "identity", is primary used as a communication tool whereas WhatsApp can be considered a "broadcast" tool and relies heavily on it's identity. Short of logs of the conversation for a very brief time, carriers aren't mining text data for advertising purposes or really at all. Overall this is splitting hairs. If I send you a text message you're not going to suddenly be bombarded with relative ads, posts, etc to the subject we just discussed. I personally haven't used WhatsApp but after a brief google search it appears like an iMessage clone with the data going through Facebook's fingers with data being collected for whatever purpose they see fit.
    • stickfigure 5y ago
      Sounds like you want to control how I communicate with my friends. I kindly request that you butt out, as they say.