We have a moral obligation to stop using facebook products.
Ask yourself where do you draw the line? If you don’t think facebook has crossed it, then you don’t know enough about facebook.
Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
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Re: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
#52No, but <~1m ago it stopped popping up... I really hope they didn’t incorrectly register my consent or anything
You have accepted.
Re: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
#53I didn’t for a couple of months and then I changed my phone. When I opened the app for the first time, I could no longer find the option to not accept the terms.
You have accepted.
Re: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
#54I haven't accepted it. Fortunately I don't have to use WhatsApp much.
Re: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are using their service. And you know they like it shady, if they can get away with it. And they say, thay update their contract. Sounds like a reason for me, to read what it is about, or stop using it.
Which I did.
Wise choice. I still have family and some friends there, but at some point ..
Re: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
#56Ditched Whatsapp the moment it was bought by Facebook.
Yeah, burned it in lieu of Signal immediately. Was shocked how many bright well-read people I know didn't care enough to switch after I presented them with the news.
Signal did not exist when Facebook acquired WhatsApp though, did it?
Re: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
#57Can someone give me a simple non-cynical explanation on what the update in terms is about? From my understanding, it only pertains to communications with businesses and give them some Facbeook tools to manage their communications with customers.
Not sure outside Europe, but here last time I checked it basically said that whenever you talk with a business account you are basically talking with Facebook, otherwise nothing else changes. Still will be nice to have another opinion.
So it's like saying "Everything that you say to XYZ business we can listen in on"? Would we accept that from our phone companies?
Does the term "business" include governments as well?
Re: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
#58I didn’t all this while, but just yesterday when my toddler was playing with my phone, the pop up opened and it got clicked as my toddler was repeatedly beating on the screen. I guess this was their intention all along by showing repeated pop up windows.
I wonder if you could contact support and explain the situation. They can't ignore the fact that the agreement isn't valid if you weren't the one who clicked the button... right?
No contract is formed in this case, but FB can just stop serving such a person if they don't agree to it, if it's easier for them to do so.
Re: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
#59I rejected them for months, but eventually I had to accept them because they wouldn't allow me to keep using the app until I did.
If you close and re-open the app, eventually the ToS popup doesn't show up and you can keep using the app.
Re: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?
#60Nope, I'm still stubbornly dismissing it every time it appears! It's been several months now, I think, and AFAIK nothing bad has happened as a result.