WhatsApp Leaking Contacts to FB

Posted by jjmmrr on Friday May 03, 2024 @02:08AM
from the self-post dept.

So.. i had a new contact in whatsapp who is not my circle of friends, someone who is totally random. I have been chatting with that person for the last week or so in whatsapp. When i open my FB account, i see this person who was in whatsapp now show up in People You May Know section in Facebook, i was shocked to be honest. What in whatsapp is encryped nowadays? is the messages un-encryped as well?

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Re:WhatsApp Leaking Contacts to FB by throwaway888abc on Friday May 03, 2024 @02:54AM (#40244921)

Metadata (who you speak to, how often, etc.) are NOT encrypted (and subject of personalization, marketing, improving app performance etc.).

https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-whatsapp

P.S. if shocked with this, also check your Google activity history

https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity?pli=1

-- For example, WhatsApp is also end-to-end encrypted, but collects more metadata than Signal.

https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest

Why Metadata Matters https://ssd.eff.org/module/why-metadata-matters

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Re:WhatsApp Leaking Contacts to FB by neximo64 on Friday May 03, 2024 @06:18AM (#40246043)

That could mean they looked you up on facebook

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Re:WhatsApp Leaking Contacts to FB by KomoD on Friday May 03, 2024 @02:07PM (#40250527)

Meta sharing data with Meta? I'm not surprised whatsoever.

Meta not respecting user privacy? Also not surprised.

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Re:WhatsApp Leaking Contacts to FB by ecesena on Saturday May 04, 2024 @11:34PM (#40262068)

Are you sure the other person didn’t stalk you on fb?

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Re:WhatsApp Leaking Contacts to FB by arshsingh on Sunday May 05, 2024 @02:33PM (#40267085)

Yea this happens to me too. The other person probably gave facebook access to their contacts.

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