WhatsApp: Share your data with Facebook or delete your account

stapp · Jan 6, 2021

After WhatsApp updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service on Monday with additional info on how it handles users' data, the company is now notifying users through the mobile app that, starting February, they will be required to share their data with Facebook.

However, despite its focus on users' privacy, WhatsApp is now giving its users a harsh ultimatum, with only three options available: to accept sharing their data with Facebook, to stop using the app altogether, or to delete their accounts.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ur-data-with-facebook-or-delete-your-account/

stapp · Jan 9, 2021

Signal and Telegram messaging apps are seeing a sudden increase in demand after larger rival WhatsApp’s updated terms of service raised eyebrows on social media.
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More than 100,000 users installed Signal across the app stores of Apple and Google in the last two days, while Telegram picked up nearly 2.2 million downloads, according to data analytics firm Sensor Tower.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/wha...-new-whatsapp-terms-stir-debate-idUSL4N2JJ2JC

Dermot7 · Jan 15, 2021

Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp is delaying an update aimed at increasing business transactions on the platform after a storm of concern from users who feared that the messaging platform was watering down its privacy policy in the process.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-whatsapp/whatsapp-to-delay-launch-of-update-business-features-after-privacy-backlash-idUSKBN29K2H8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55683745

WhatsApp has extended the deadline by which its two billion users must either accept its updated terms and conditions or stop using the service.

The original cut-off date was 8 February, but users now have until 15 May to take action.

The firm was criticised for sending the notification, which seemed to suggest changes to the data it would share with its parent company Facebook.

It said there had been "confusion" about its message.
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Dermot7 · Jan 26, 2021

The U.K.’s top data-protection regulator told lawmakers that millions of people have stopped using WhatsApp in favor of alternative messaging services such as Telegram and Signal.

Elizabeth Denham said that changing terms of service have led consumers to vote with their virtual feet away from the Facebook Inc. business.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...dog-says-millions-have-stopped-using-whatsapp

stapp · Feb 20, 2021

WhatsApp is pushing ahead with controversial changes to its terms of service, but altering the way it notifies users following a backlash.

But privacy experts say the saga highlights how unaware users are of how their data is being used.
"In its efforts to clarify that isn't doing anything wrong, Whatsapp has in fact inadvertently highlighted that it was already harvesting huge amounts of data for Facebook," said Ray Walsh, a digital privacy expert at ProPrivacy.
That "vindicates" those who decided to leave Whatsapp, he said.
"The biggest takeaway from all of this is that Whatsapp was already harvesting device level identifiers, IP addresses, and purchase info on behalf of Facebook - and that until recent media attention, the general public was largely unaware."
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56127220

SKA · Feb 26, 2021

Sorry if offtopic, but how to save all whatsapp data(text chats, pics, movies,etc) onto a windows PC without using google drive ?

Which works better (more reliable) - whatsappweb or whatsapp for desktop ?

Grateful for any tips/links -thanks

Ska

reasonablePrivacy · Feb 26, 2021

stapp said: ↑

WhatsApp is pushing ahead with controversial changes to its terms of service, but altering the way it notifies users following a backlash.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56127220
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This shows sad state of users awareness about TOS they agree to. WhatsApp for years have been legally sharing data with parent company - Facebook - because TOS allowed them. Content of private chat is E2E encryptes, so content is safe from that but all metadata and other data can (will) be shared.

SKA said: ↑

Sorry if offtopic, but how to save all whatsapp data(text chats, pics, movies,etc) onto a windows PC without using google drive ?
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Search domain recoverit.wondershare.com for article "How to Backup WhatsApp Without Google Drive". They advise SD card to transfer files to PC, but you can also i.e. connect your PC via USB cable and transfer it that way.

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