WhatsApp mandatory data sharing with Facebook

Deleted member 77746 · 10 Jan 2021 at 09:52

Malevolence said:
I haven't used Whatsapp for two days now, and I've just noticed that it's currently the largest user of my battery in the list. Currently sitting at 30% of total battery usage despite just being installed and not being used. Is anyone else getting this?

On mine it's 7% and is closed all the time unless I get a notification. This is on iOS.

DXP55 said:
I think I signed up for FB in the early 2000 but only used it a few times -= Not been on for 15yrs or more so will I have to agree on WhatsApp.
I only had WA because it used WiFi and I was on PAYG phone - now calls are free I could dump it but it would be pain to get rid of it.

Were you in at college/uni with zukerburg? It come out in 2004

History of Facebook - Wikipedia

chrcoluk · 10 Jan 2021 at 10:10

Malevolence said:
I haven't used Whatsapp for two days now, and I've just noticed that it's currently the largest user of my battery in the list. Currently sitting at 30% of total battery usage despite just being installed and not being used. Is anyone else getting this?

yes, a month ago after noticing huge drain I started freezing apps one by one, the 3 killers were in order.

nhs app
whatsapp
facebook

yes whatsapp was worse than the facebook app.

randal · 10 Jan 2021 at 10:16

Bouton Aide said:
Then why are we all agreeing to the same bloody policy then?

Because once they've got your consent they'll change their mind. Just like they did with Occulus.

Deleted member 77746 · 10 Jan 2021 at 10:20

randal said:
Because once they've got your consent they'll change their mind. Just like they did with Occulus.

Shocking.

LiE · 10 Jan 2021 at 13:11

Trying Signal, pretty decent app. Got my top people I message to move over as well so can easily remove WhatsApp now.

Alex_6n2 · 10 Jan 2021 at 13:58

WhatsApp used to be 99p per year before Facebook bought it

I'd rather pay for it than have all of my chats data mined for adverts :-/

Feek · 10 Jan 2021 at 14:22

Alex_6n2 said:
WhatsApp used to be 99p per year before Facebook bought it.

Only on Android.

james.miller · 10 Jan 2021 at 14:28

They charged on iOS as well. originally it was $.99c to download it, then they moved to free for the first year then a $.99/year sub after that.

Feek · 10 Jan 2021 at 14:34

james.miller said:
They charged on iOS as well. originally it was $.99c to download it, then they moved to free for the first year then a $.99/year sub after that.

I’ve checked back (I never delete any billing emails), it seems I paid for it when I first installed it on the 24th May 2010 and there was never an additional charge after that.

LiE · 11 Jan 2021 at 10:14

WhatsApp and Facebook messenger removed (FB account was deactivated 6 years ago). Instagram will be a bit more difficult.

I will use iMessage and Signal going forward.

Hades · 11 Jan 2021 at 10:24

A few of my contacts have expressed an interest in Signal. So we've all installed it and started using it between us. It seems fine.

Sho · 11 Jan 2021 at 13:12

Most of my family members have jumped ship to Telegram. And i'll be switching over too.

I don't have any social media accounts. Yes i did have Facebook account but deleetd that account back in 2015.

Feek · 11 Jan 2021 at 15:02

I got my Account Info export. This is interesting

wildman · 11 Jan 2021 at 15:46

Alex_6n2 said:
WhatsApp used to be 99p per year before Facebook bought it

I'd rather pay for it than have all of my chats data mined for adverts :-/

I thought it was end to end encrytped ? if they can data mine it to push adverts then I am sure every security agency in the world is going to want that backdoor.

Azza · 11 Jan 2021 at 16:08

wildman said:
I thought it was end to end encrytped ? if they can data mine it to push adverts then I am sure every security agency in the world is going to want that backdoor.

They are. It's the meta data that's being shared.

Deleted member 77746 · 11 Jan 2021 at 16:10

Feek said:
I got my Account Info export. This is interesting

You opted out in 1969?

Feek · 11 Jan 2021 at 16:10

Bouton Aide said:
You opted out in 1969?

According to the Account Info, yes. I was impressed.

LiE · 11 Jan 2021 at 16:12

Feek said:
According to the Account Info, yes. I was impressed.

That's some serious foresight, did you also invest in Apple stocks right from the start?

Deleted member 77746 · 11 Jan 2021 at 16:24

LiE said:
That's some serious foresight, did you also invest in Apple stocks right from the start?

Feek is Apple.

I have moved away from whatsapp. My account no longer exists. I moved to Telegram due to a better interface over Signal.

I'm done. Decision made.

Somnambulist · 11 Jan 2021 at 16:37

Installed all the alternatives, both to have a play and because you never know which will be deemed problematic and be removed from the internet next. So far despite Elon shouting out Signal, Telegram seems a bit more fleshed out.