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If you have WHATSAPP installed on your phone,

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you need to watch this video until the end

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because we will address questions

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on everyone's mind-

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Can we still trust WHATSAPP,

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or should you delete from your phone?

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Lately, many 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 recent updated privacy policy.

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Many users pointed out

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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 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 FEB 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 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, time zone,

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how often you use app,

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and what groups you've joined.

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But ladies and gentlemen, those are just the basics.

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If you communicate 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 there for their benefit.

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That third party by the way

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can 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 that time you spoke about something

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then saw an ad about that next day?

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Funny thing about WHATSAPP update though,

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most of it old news.

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Early as August 2016

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WHATSAPP already started

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sharing user information with FACEBOOK.

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Users were given 30 days

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to opt out that policy change.

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If you were aware 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 your private messages, videos, pictures, recordings

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according to FACEBOOK remain safe.

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Yes, my dear Mark Zuckerburg 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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Ask yourself these two questions;

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number one,

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how much you trust FACEBOOK?

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Number two,

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will you be able to sleep soundly at night

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knowing all your personal data I 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.