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by dexterlemmer 1965 days ago
The terms did not change in a malicous way, because they were already malicious. There never was an opt-out of sharing data with Facebook:

> Specifically, users had 30 days after first seeing the 2016 privacy policy notice to opt out of “shar[ing] my WhatsApp account information with Facebook to improve my Facebook ads and product experiences.” The emphasis is ours; it meant that WhatsApp users were able to opt out of seeing visible changes to Facebook ads or Facebook friend recommendations, but could not opt out of the data collection and sharing itself.

Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/its-business-usual-wha...