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by bmarquez 1161 days ago
The privacy policy was never "walked back", they decided to do it anyway after the controversy (on HN and other platforms) died down.

Here's a newer article showing the metadata being sent to Facebook (presumably for advertising purposes), it includes your phone number, device ID, and location.

https://www.androidauthority.com/whatsapp-privacy-1189873/