Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?

Re:Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to ... by ItsBob on Sunday December 19, 2021 @06:54AM (#29613233)

Nope, I still click the "X" in the top corner every time I open it.

However, I use WhatsApp sparingly - my mum and one friend, that's it.

At some point I'll remove it completely.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to ... by rg111 on Sunday December 19, 2021 @06:59AM (#29613257)

Migrated completely from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram.

I still run WhatsApp for the people I absolutely have to.

For that, I am using an old, and almost bust phone I have from 5 years ago.

No spyware on my primary phone.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to ... by humpydumpy on Sunday December 19, 2021 @09:56AM (#29614402)

> No spyware on my primary phone.

May I ask how you achieved this? I would be interested in that setup, maybe I could then get over the hump and start using signal (though I don't like centralized communication platforms, nor do I like phone numbers as identifiers). Last time I checked, signal required android or ios, so only usable with built-in spyware.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to ... by codethief on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:09AM (#29622213)

> Last time I checked, signal required android or ios, so only usable with built-in spyware.

You might be interested in https://grapheneos.org/ . I run it on my primary phone and it works great.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to ... by oneplane on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:29PM (#29616719)

If your phone contains a baseband for RF communication, isn't that spyware as well?

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Re:Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to ... by Freeboots on Sunday December 19, 2021 @07:33AM (#29613406)

Same, I cant say ive moved completely bc i still have a bunch of people only reachable on whatsapp, but i have a dedicated phone for it

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