You won't be able to use WhatsApp unless you share data with Facebook

[iMore.com]

WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy, and the app now mandates data sharing with Facebook. Don't want to do so? You'll have to stop using the app.

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[Annie_M]

Well, nevermind then! Facebook continues to be over-bearing and to exhibit double standards.

 

[Wotchered]

Deleted it long before Zuckyboy bought it.

 

[Modelflier]

I don’t have, and never have had, a Facebook account, but I do use WhatsApp. Does this mean my data will still be passed to Facebook even without an account?

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

Sounds like this is the case.

 

[Lee_Bo]

I don’t have, and never have had, a Facebook account, but I do use WhatsApp. Does this mean my data will still be passed to Facebook even without an account?

That sounds like a yes.

 

[Modelflier]

Looks like I’ll have to try Signal then, as a lot of people I know have recommended it as a really good alternative.

 

[Annie_M]

Perhaps it`s time to choose another messenger.

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[Wotchered]

Yup ! I was told by a boffin that you can never clean your phone completely of Facebook, even if you have never had an account with them, since FB and Twatter were once built into Apple, I remember them being non-removable from Settings.