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Should you delete WhatsApp?

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    Nightfam, if you have WhatsApp
    installed on you phone...
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    Then you need to watch this
    video til the end,
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    Because we are about to
    address the questions...
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    on everyone's minds.
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    Can we still trust WhatsApp...
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    or is it time to delete it
    from your phone?
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    Lately, a massive amount of WhatsApp
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    Have been jumping ship...
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    to more secure messaging apps
    like Signal and Telegram...
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    after WhatsApp announced
    its updated privacy policy
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    Many users pointed out
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    that this important line was removed...
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    "Respect for your privacy is coded in
    our DNA, since we started WhatsApp, we've
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    aspired to build our services with a set
    of strong privacy principles in mind."
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    But, what does the
    new policy actually say?
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    Well in simple terms
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    If you want to continue using WhatsApp
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    After February 8th...
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    you have to agree to sharing
    your personal data
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    with Facebook and Instagram
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    so they can customize the
    ads on their platforms.
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    Personal data includes...
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    your phone number,
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    your profile picture,
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    your WhatsApp status, your IP address
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    your about info,
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    your language and time zone,
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    how often you use WhatsApp,
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    and what are the groups
    that you've joined.
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    But ladies and gentlemen,
    those are just the basics.
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    If you are communicating with
    a business via WhatsApp
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    and that business chose to be hosted
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    by a third-party service?
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    That third party might be
    able to read your messages
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    and use whatever information
    is there... for its benefit.
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    That thirds party by the way
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    can also be Facebook.
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    In that case, Facebook may use these chats
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    to personalize content for you
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    remember the last time
    you spoke about something...
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    and then you saw an
    ad about it the next day?
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    Here is the funny thing about the
    WhatsApp update though...
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    Because most of it is old news.
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    As early as August 2016
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    WhatsApp had already started...
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    sharing user information with Facebook!
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    Users then were given 30 days
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    to opt-out of that policy change.
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    If you were aware of it back then
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    and you said no...
    then you are safe now.
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    If you didn't...
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    well... it's not the end of the world.
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    To be clear...
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    all of your private messages, videos,
    pictures, recordings...
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    accordinf to Facebook remain safe.
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    Yes, my dear, Mark Zuckerberg won't
    be able to read them.
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    But apart from that
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    should you delete WhatsApp or not?
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    You just have to ask
    yourself these two questions...
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    Number one...
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    How much do you trust Facebook?
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    And number two...
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    will you be able to sleep
    soundly at night...
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    knowing all of the personal
    data I just listed earlier...
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    will be availble to them?
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    But then again...
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    you have just watched this
    video on Facebook
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    and probably earlier today,
    Googled something too...
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    which means that...
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    most of your personal data
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    is already out there.
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Should you delete WhatsApp?
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