WhatsApp updates its Privacy Policy to mandate data-sharing with Facebook

Well we all saw this coming.<p>This puts me personally in a very bad state as I can never stop using WhatsApp because of its popularity here(ref. Fax machine problem). It’s almost like essential service.

We knew this would happen. How long until a mandatory FB account?

Unlike most, I praise any move like this that may bring an end to WhatsApp dominance. I&#x27;m still bitter at the world for betting on a platform that ties your identity to a phone number (instead of email, which doesn&#x27;t change as you switch countries).

That might be the nail in the coffin for me, where I will stop using WhatsApp

I am guessing this is mostly related to Apple&#x27;s IDFA changes.<p>- First facebook acted to label all their products with &quot;from facebook&quot;.<p>- Now this privacy policy change.<p>It even says: &quot;showing relevant offers and ads across the Facebook Company Products&quot;

Luckily this mostly concerns mostly non-EU-citizens ;) ( in the EU Version the list of allowed uses is a lot shorter from what I saw)

<i>Holy cow what a surprise that was.</i><p>I can&#x27;t believe people were telling me this would never happen.