Regulators and watchdogs are coming down hard on WhatsApp's new privacy policy Comments
- Anonymous
- Pdd
long life telegram messenger
- AnonD-4254
- XNw
raj, 30 Aug 2016To understand, you need to download a copy of your facebook account. You will notice that all ... moreSo, you mean its the shopkeeper who has me in contacts?
Wouldn't that still be a policy violation? What he messages is none of anyone's business, right?
And those unknown girls I see as friend suggestions without mutual friends, you mean they all have my number??
- raj
- Gg8
AnonD-4254, 28 Aug 2016GSM Arena staff. Kind attention please, wish to share something. I'm a 30 yr old male from Ind... moreTo understand, you need to download a copy of your facebook account. You will notice that all your phone contacts are uploaded to facebook servers, which is usually not visible through the web interface of facebook or the facebook app itself.
Now, if someone has your number saved in his phone, the facebook friend suggestion algorithm "decides" her/she is your "contact/friend" because unless one need to continue being in touch the numbers may not be saved! hence the friends suggestions start appearing against the phone contacts. Simple
- Anonymous
- IDe
I strongly dislike and I am suspicious about this matter and I hope everybody should boycott and sign a petition against this act of whatsapp
- Anonymous
- 9xx
Promhize , 29 Aug 2016Facebook is like those evil companies in movies stealing and selling user data, and spying on ... moreand also m$, google, and apple.
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jrmhjhn, 28 Aug 2016forget whatssap, get telegram problem solve!!!I agree. I've been using Telegram from last year. Great messaging app, native password and had an encrypted setup LONG before whatsapp did. I haven't used facebook since May and have decide ro not do so until maybe some time next year. Just can't be bothered. I wish they would stop all this. If i need to find something, I'll find it, if I'm to know something, eventually I'll know. Just stop forcing your ads and whatever other invasive crap you have on us.
- Promhize
- f0G
Facebook is like those evil companies in movies stealing and selling user data, and spying on users.
- AnonD-547100
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Anonymous, 27 Aug 2016I would have actually preferred to have an option to PAY whatsapp an annual fee, insted of thi... moreSimply put, the amount people are willing to pay monthly/annually is not nearly as much as they make from data mining.
- AnonD-4254
- XNw
AnonD-577775, 29 Aug 2016You must have synced your contacts with Facebook. It gives Facebook permission to your contact... moreIn my case, I didn't add the shopkeeper in my contacts. He just messaged me first and I never added him, not even till right now.
I can mail the proof if the GSMArena staff wants to check it out...
- Anonymous
- vV5
AnonD-46008, 29 Aug 2016we all should use kakao talk, with kakao you can share high resolution pictures, i can share a... moreIt's interface is horrible but yes it's good
- AnonD-46008
- K3y
we all should use kakao talk, with kakao you can share high resolution pictures, i can share a 15 megabytes picture with no quality degradation
- Anonymous
- 3DR
techknow, 28 Aug 2016Be careful while agreeing to new terms and conditions on WhatsApp...... messaging app's new te... moreThanks for your helpful post.
- Anonymous
- RJ7
AnonD-401822, 29 Aug 2016Please suggest another messaging app instead of whatsapp.Telegram... Or maybe you can try BBM
- AnonD-401822
- 7wC
Please suggest another messaging app instead of whatsapp.
- AnonD-577775
- PAt
Rafe Firmani, 29 Aug 2016Similar thing I experienced I chat with someone who bought my note 5. And suddenly he appears... moreYou must have synced your contacts with Facebook. It gives Facebook permission to your contacts and hence those friend request suggestions.
- Rafe Firmani
- tDS
AnonD-4254, 28 Aug 2016GSM Arena staff. Kind attention please, wish to share something. I'm a 30 yr old male from Ind... moreSimilar thing I experienced
I chat with someone who bought my note 5. And suddenly he appears on my fb friend suggestion
One day prior to that, I received the new T&C but I just close it, didn't agree to it. So how come someone I never knew, only in WA, suddenly appears in FB?
- Barde IV
- r3H
I got this too, but still thinking whether to accept it. C'mon facebook, rethink. I may decline this, my friends as well.
- AnonD-4254
- XNw
GSM Arena staff. Kind attention please, wish to share something. I'm a 30 yr old male from India.
Yes, I recently got these Terms and Conditions on my Whatsapp and I unchecked the box, basically saying no to this concept of data sharing.
But I do not understand how a shopkeeper, whom I just had a chat on Whatsapp with, ended up on my "Facebook Friend Suggestions".
This happened about 15-20 days ago from now, which is before the change in Whatsapp's T&C. This means, I was not informed of this info interchange before, but it happened.
Additional information:- I have FB and Whatsapp's latest versions installed on my Android phone. Whatsapp one would be beta version. Through the play store, I applied for Beta testing of Whatsapp versions earlier... which means I get them before the normal crowd gets it.
BUT, this set of T&C was not presented to me.
- ike
- PEm
Peter, 27 Aug 2016When I came to know about this I immediately disabled this feature and so many of my friends t... morewell said
- ike
- PEm
nothing to say,folks here said all of the points.
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