WhatsApp is going to share your phone number with Facebook

[daigong]

FOR THE FIRST time since even before Facebook acquired it in a whopping $19 billion acquisition two years ago, WhatsApp has changed its terms of service. This time, you’ll want to read them very closely.

Under the new user agreement, WhatsApp will share the phone numbers of people using the service with Facebook, along with analytics such as what devices and operating systems are being used. Previously, no information passed between the two, a stance more in line with WhatsApp’s original sales pitch as a privacy oasis.

AND this is why is the best social network in the UNIVERSE 

[daigong]

update! from their blog via buzzfeed


“We won’t post or share your WhatsApp number with others, including on Facebook, and we still won’t sell, share, or give your phone number to advertisers,” the blog post reads.

WhatsApp users will also have the option of declining the new policy, but they have to opt into it first.

“If you are an existing user, you can choose not to have your WhatsApp account information shared with Facebook to improve your Facebook ads and products experiences,” the company states on its legal page.

“Existing users who accept our updated Terms and Privacy Policy will have an additional 30 days to make this choice by going to Settings > Account.”

Social media will never replace da human context. OWN IT. here: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/

[vlinorman]

People who didn't experience the world before the advent of social media kind of frighten me..