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WhatsApp “Betrays Users” by Sharing User Info with Facebook

Trevor Hill by Trevor Hill
7 years ago
in Bitcoin Security, FinTech
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The hugely popular messenger application, WhatsApp, has changed its privacy policy in order to share more user data with its parent company Facebook.

Also read: Industry Report: Banks Trying to Beat Bitcoin

WhatsApp Changes Privacy Policy

This move has some WhatsApp customers feeling betrayed as it seems to directly contradict previous statements made by the company. It is also the first time the firm has changWhatsApped its privacy policy since it was bought by Facebook in 2014.

Regarding the data sharing, WhatsApp said that it will ultimately benefit its users by helping to stop spam and other abuses. Additionally, it would also offer people  “better friend suggestions and more relevant ads.”

Also, Facebook will use the data to match people who have exchanged phone numbers on WhatsApp, but have not added each other as “friends” on the social networking platform.

Facebook provided an initial list of items that the messenger app would be sharing with it:

  • Type of operating system
  • Screen resolution
  • Mobile carrier
  • A device identifier
  • How often people open the app

However, when pressed, Facebook was unwilling to give out a more complete list of what it would be sharing in addition to the previously listed information. Although it did provide one more example by saying that it would share user’s’ mobile country code, for the most part, the firm remained silent.

While most of this information may seem harmless, it does give Facebook an ability to infer more personal details about people’s lives. For example, the type of operating system and screen resolution can help Facebook determine exactly what type of phone people have. This information then could be used to figure out certain preferences and even the income of users.

What may be most significant about this news is how it directly contradicts statements made by both Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum.

After the acquisition, Zuckerberg and Koum were quoted saying that WhatsApp would both stay independent from Facebook and that WhatsApp would never be funded by advertising. Both claims seem to have been contradicted by this news.

What do you think about WhatsApp sharing user information with Facebook? Let us know in the comments below!


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Trevor is a writer at Bitcoinist. He is currently attending his first year at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, with a selected major in Economics. Subscribes to the Austrian school of economics.

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