[resynth1943]

    Your data isn't even in the picture. We are simply not interested in any of it.

My gosh, how the tide can turn.

https://write.privacytools.io/right-to-privacy/getting-whats...

WhatsApp now collects:

    WhatsApp: Device ID, User ID, Advertising Data, Purchase History, Coarse Location, Phone Number, Email, Contacts, Product Interaction, Crash, Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostics Data, Payment Info, Customer Support, Product Interaction, Other User, Content.

[hanniabu]

Yup, classic bait and switch tactics. Act like a saint, get a ton of users, then milk them dry.

[marcinzm]

For extra points, get paid billions for it and then act outraged when the new owner decides to make back their investment.

[huseyinkeles]

Funny how literally the same thing happened with Oculus acquisition by Facebook.

[kvm]

The founders were true to these values and IMO did not just "act like a saint"

[anoncake]

They did, however, act like fools by selling to Facebook and assuming WhatsApp stayed ethical.

[resynth1943]

I'm personally worried Signal will suffer the same fate. It's heavily trusted in its current state, but it could, in time, turn into a Silicon Valley "product" (and so will we). eye roll.

[g8oz]

How do they collect purchase history? Do they link your Whatsapp account with purchases you make on shopping apps/sites through the Facebook SDK?

[dingaling]

WhatsApp Carts, enabling purchase of tangible things:

https://blog.whatsapp.com/making-it-easier-to-shop-on-whatsa...

Basically trying to catch-up with WeChat in terms of a transactional platform