[ville]

“This update does not expand our ability to share data with Facebook.

We’re now moving back the date on which people will be asked to review and accept the terms. No one will have their account suspended or deleted on February 8.”

Is there an unbiased analysis somewhere about what actually is changed by the new privacy policy?

[avel]

The Verge also claims that not much changed from before: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/15/22233257/whatsapp-privacy...

[netsharc]

As much as I dislike Zuck, I think WhatsApp is being honest about what's happening, if you follow the link on that page to https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/security-and-privacy/about-...

I.e. it's more about allowing sharing ad viewership data between the platforms (FB, IG, WA). "But WhatsApp has no ads?", well, I guess in February^W March, Zuck's going to pop up on your phone and say "Surprise, motherfucker!".

On the topic of businesses, I remember booking a domestic plane ticket in Asia, giving the travel agency my phone number, and getting WhatsApp messages from the agency's business account. I guess there were no concerns about data privacy laws there...

[dylan604]

> well, I guess in February^W March, Zuck's going to pop up on your phone and say "Surprise, motherfucker!".

This made me chuckle. I could totally see this becoming a thing, but I'm imagining it like Microsoft's Clippy. You're doing your normal thing using an app, when all of a sudden this caricature of The Zuck pops out of the lower corner and screams "I see you are looking at a post from someone in your friends list. Wouldn't you rather look at this <insert random thing> instead?" The harder/faster you swipe to make him go away the more insistent he gets.

[sumitgt]

Yes, I am confused as well.

Something has to have changed or else they wouldn't need people to accept new terms right?