WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app

Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by qwertox on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:25AM (#25667893)

Telegram isn't serious about privacy. They made my number searchable and notified people who have me in their Google contact list even though I didn't grant Telegram access to my contact list (before the time when Android would enforce this with permissions) and didn't allow them to use my number for anything.

Then it turned out that they have a setting where one can opt out, but what good is that if you already were opted in automatically.

In "Last Seen & Online" I had a deleted account in the exceptions of those who can always see my status, even though I never added one.

Telegram may be better than WhatsApp, but it is far from fantastic.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by easytiger on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:05AM (#25668520)

I'm fairly certain I enabled all possible privacy options when I installed telegram. I went to specific lengths to do so. I still get "xyz has joined telegram!" when a new friend joins up from my contact list.

Yep: just checked. Nothing more I can do to increase privacy settings. Zero confidence in it after that

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by neuronic on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:55AM (#25668451)

You're right but I prefer it over WhatsApp/Facebook and I started using it when about 3/4 of my network moved to Telegram (to support their move away from WhatsApp/Facebook).

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by Hammershaft on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:12AM (#25668140)

Those are fair problems that I wasn't aware of.

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