Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ...
by mikeokner on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @03:04PM
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Seems like in that case it should be Facebook being reprimanded if they do something with the data that violates the original terms of use. "Sharing" is a bit misleading because as soon as Facebook acquired WhatsApp, they became the legal owners of the user database and data insofar as anyone can "own" user data. WhatsApp is Facebook.
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ...
by cbcoutinho on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @03:29PM
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But I think that's the point, WhatsApp doesn't own the data, and that carries over to Facebook. From what I gather, what they own is the database schema and whatever business logic is specific to WA/FB, and they 'lease' the data from users to populate their databases.