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If you have WHATSAPP installed
on your phone...
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Then you need to watch this video
til the end.
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Because we are about the address
the questions...
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on everyone's mind
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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 users
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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 adds 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 the app,
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and what are the group 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 service 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 third 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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becuase 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're 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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according 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 available 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...