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better read those Ts and Cs (Whatsapp especially)

admars (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 27th August 2016, 12:26

saw this courtesy of MilesR

WhatsApp-Facebook data-sharing deal probed by UK privacy watchdog





https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/26/whatsapp-facebook-data-sharing-deal-probed-by-uk-privacy-watchdog/
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When WhatsApp users are prompted to agree to the new T&Cs in the app, the wording that describes the purpose of the setting where they can opt out of sharing data with
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Facebook is as follows: “Share my WhatsApp account information with Facebook to improve my Facebook ads and products experiences. Your chats and phone number will not be shared onto Facebook regardless of this setting.” — Emphasis theirs.



more info here

https://thereasonableperson.com/opt-out-while-you-can-5b19b2096f55#.npgbev0dm

This item was edited on Saturday, 27th August 2016, 12:35

RE: better read those Ts and Cs (Whatsapp especially)

alfie noakes (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 27th August 2016, 14:15

You can opt out of data sharing (which I did)


http://lifehacker.com/tag/whatsapp

RE: better read those Ts and Cs (Whatsapp especially)

bandicoot (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 27th August 2016, 17:44

Or you can put yourself under a different name, and have absolutely no followers, and friends, family and workmates cannot find you at all.

I tell a lie, I did get one French follower, a hooker who wanted to go out out on the town in Lion, but she soon left when she got no response. How she found my page was a total mystery, maybe she was a data sharing person, ahhhh!

And why open such an anonymous facebook page you ask?

Well a lot of programs nowadays need you to sign in via Facebook, and this is how I do it 

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