WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
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Re: WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
#2They waited 'till the news cycle waned, and then did whatever they pleased anyway. Par for the course ...
Re: WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
#3It's absurd this article doesn't try to describe what the changes actually are. The privacy policy change doesn't functionally change anything about what data is collected or shared with Facebook. Metadata collection for ad targeting has been allowed by the privacy policy since 2016.
Re: WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
#4Meanwhile I've switched my family and friend to Signal with great success.
Re: WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
#5It's absurd this article doesn't try to describe what the changes actually are . The privacy policy change doesn't functionally change anything about what data is collected or shared with Facebook. Metadata collection for ad targeting has been allowed by the privacy policy since 2016.
I think we're long past the idea that general, global news producers are trying to stay factual and provide information to their readers. It's all about generating outrage as it's much easier to get people hooked on outrage than the boring truth and impartial reporting.
Re: WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
#6They waited 'till the news cycle waned, and then did whatever they pleased anyway. Par for the course ...
Yeah, pretty much PR Crisis Communications 101. I'm at some point they were also deeply concerned and promised that they would conduct a thorough investigation
Re: WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
#7Meanwhile I've switched my family and friend to Signal with great success.
I've done that too. But for some reason, my business communication still happens on WhatsApp. Until that happens Facebook is safe.
Re: WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
#8It's absurd this article doesn't try to describe what the changes actually are . The privacy policy change doesn't functionally change anything about what data is collected or shared with Facebook. Metadata collection for ad targeting has been allowed by the privacy policy since 2016.
More than that.
(1) The policy differs per country. But how is it different in practice between the EU and USA and Brasil? It's not public knowledge.
(2) It's absurd the policy doesn't describe anything useful. I tried to find if the contact book is being sent to facebook and if so, for how long. The wording is so opaque it's impossible to figure out.
Re: WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
#9Well of course they are
Re: WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash
#10In the book, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism"[1], it talks about the MO for the big tech companies. How they push and often subtly change things slowly. The book provides a number of examples of this.
I never expected FB to walk back the privacy change. I even expect their full expectations to be in place in a couple years.
It's what they have successfully done in the past.
[1] https://bookshop.org/books/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalis...