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WhatsApp’s new ‘privacy’ policy is a gift to other messaging apps

25

Feb

2021

When WhatsApp made clear that it planned to share a lot more information with parent company Facebook, including sensitive data such as phone number, device particulars and location, some users were not happy. But WhatsApp didn’t just make those changes. It included them in a new privacy policy and asked users to agree or not. […]

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Tougher EU Privacy Rules Loom for Messenger, Zoom

10

Feb

2021

The EU’s 27 member states approved a proposal that was stuck since 2017, with countries split between those wanting strict privacy online and others wanting to give leeway to law enforcement and advertisers. Portugal, which currently holds the EU’s rotating presidency, submitted a compromise proposal that was approved by qualified majority at a meeting in […]

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Mobile messengers expose billions of users to privacy attacks

17

Sep

2020

Popular mobile messengers expose personal data via discovery services that allow users to find contacts based on phone numbers from their address book, according to researchers. When installing a mobile messenger like WhatsApp, new users can instantly start texting existing contacts based on the phone numbers stored on their device. For this to happen, users […]

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