Short Bytes:WhatsApp recently updated their terms and privacy policy. They have decided to share your WhatsApp contact number with Facebook to enable communication between you and various businesses which would also contribute to the escalation of Facebook’s ad revenues.
“For example, you might see an ad from a company you already work with, rather than one from someone you’ve never heard of.”
Facebook has become a lot bigger than TheFacebook which was intended to be confined to Harvard and some other institutions. The company is leaving no stone unturned to propel their business and generate huge revenue. It’s obvious (fingers crossed) that they won’t ask the users to pay for their Facebook accounts. So, using their advertising platform is the only considerable option left. Recently, Facebook has also tied up with Unity tobring Facebook games to desktop computers.
As far the question of privacy is concerned. It’s an apprehension that needs to be explained. But it depends because some people already use the same number for both WhatsApp and Facebook. So, for them, it doesn’t matter much.
How to stop WhatsApp from sharing your number with Facebook?
You’ll see an option to “Agree” the updated terms and conditions when you update to the latest version of WhatsApp. You can easily opt-out of their number sharing program by tapping “Read more about the key updates to our Terms and Privacy Policy” message.
Untickthe checkbox and tap “Agree”. This would stop WhatsApp from sharing your phone number with Facebook.
If you’ve already agreed to the updated terms and privacy policy. you may go toSettings > AccountandUntickthe box next to “Share my account info” within 30 days from accepting the updated policies. Using these methods you can stop WhatsApp from sharing your number with Facebook.
SMS-based text communication has been shrinking. It’s only used by companies to deliver promotional messages and OTPs for two-factor authentication. Platforms like WhatsApp, with the advantage ofend-to-end encryption, have decreased the SMS talks we used to have in the past. It seems they’ve have taken another move to eliminate the SMS completely.
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