Facebook Is Finally Getting Serious About Monetizing WhatsApp
WhatsApp may anger users with Facebook move
When mobile messaging service WhatsApp was bought for $19 billion (€17 billion) by Facebook in 2014 , it promised there would be no significant change to its terms of use.Now WhatsApp, which has more than one billion users worldwide, has announced plans to share users' phone numbers with its parent company, updating its terms and privacy policy for the first time in four years to reflect the change.
WhatsApp is about to share your phone number with Facebook whether you like it or not
WhatsApp is updating its terms and privacy policy for the first time in four yearsWhatsApp has updated its privacy policy which, for the first time, gives it permission to connect Facebook and WhatsApp accounts.Published on Thursday , WhatsApp's new policy is four years in the making, and claims the move to connect better with Facebook will give the site more data about users, allowing the social network to suggest phone contacts as friends.
WhatsApp privacy backlash: Facebook angers users by harvesting their data
Stop us if you've heard this one: Facebook rolls out a new feature and/or acquires a new company, vowing to protect the privacy of its users' personal information with its last dying breath.A year or two later, it backtracks and decides it wants spin your data into gold after all – and if users don't like it, they can delete their accounts.
WhatsApp is going to share your phone number with Facebook
Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company.That means WhatsApp users could soon start seeing more targeted ads and Facebook friend suggestions on Facebook based on WhatsApp information - although not on the messaging service itself.The move is a subtle but significant shift for WhatsApp, used by more than 1 billion people around the world.
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