Good piece. It seems like they actually are intimately familiar with

Since then anybody joining WhatsApp has to read its 8,000-word user agreement find the specific clause on sharing their data and then opt out of this clause. Virtually nobody goes through this tortuous exercise and therefore overwhelming number of its users today have their data shared with Facebook.

However there still existed a provision for users to opt out if they went through the torture of reading their legal jargon filled 8,000-word privacy policy.

The proposed change removes even this choice.

It would be desirable to evolve this oft repeated sentiment "It is time to examine the risk that data monopolies pose not only to our privacy but also our economy and polity" into actionable plans and identify who is responsible for their execution.

edit: thanks for sharing this—I just convinced my last business contact on WA to switch our communication channel and finally deleted my account.

That was a good read. I wish people here in Brasil gave a damn about their data and made the switch. But WhatsApp is so big here that deleting the app and refusing to use it is basically letting yourself get unemployed and with no relationships.

https://lemmy.ml/post/46726

I was one of the only (maybe only) people in the world to breakdown and explain the whole policy.

If all these points could be condensed into a poster, it would have good informative value.

It would be easyer if they said we are going to see all of your writting from fb / instagram / whatsapp are you sure you want to continue ? instead of expensive words

This is a great read. Thank You