{"id":1507,"date":"2021-05-15T09:42:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T07:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/15\/you-should-be-worried-about-how-much-info-whatsapp-shares-with-facebook-burcu-kilic-and-sophia-crabbe-field\/"},"modified":"2021-05-15T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T07:42:21","slug":"you-should-be-worried-about-how-much-info-whatsapp-shares-with-facebook-burcu-kilic-and-sophia-crabbe-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/15\/you-should-be-worried-about-how-much-info-whatsapp-shares-with-facebook-burcu-kilic-and-sophia-crabbe-field\/","title":{"rendered":"You should be worried about how much info WhatsApp shares with Facebook | Burcu Kilic and Sophia Crabbe-Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook is pushing a mysterious and aggressive \u2018privacy update\u2019 on WhatsApp users. Here\u2019s why<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the messaging app that connects a quarter of the world\u2019s population<\/a>, but many Americans still have haven\u2019t heard of WhatsApp. That\u2019s because most phone plans in the United States provide a standard flat rate<\/a> for texting that allows people to communicate freely within the country. But throughout much of the world, including many of the world\u2019s poorest countries, people are charged<\/a> for every single message they send and receive.<\/p>\n

That is why, since its launch in 2009, WhatsApp has become a vital resource for billions of people \u2013 and they are prepared to defend it. When the Lebanese government tried to bring in a \u201cWhatsApp tax<\/a>\u201d, charging $0.20 daily for calls made on the app, it helped trigger the mass protests that swept the country in 2019.<\/p>\n

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\nFacebook is pushing a mysterious and aggressive \u2018privacy update\u2019 on WhatsApp users. Here\u2019s why
\nIt\u2019s the messaging app that connects a quarter of the world\u2019s population, but many Americans still have haven\u2019t heard of WhatsApp. That\u2019s because most phone plans in the United States provide a standard flat rate for texting that allows people to communicate freely within the country. But throughout much of the world, including many of the world\u2019s poorest countries, people are charged for every single message they send and receive.
\nThat is why, since its launch in 2009, WhatsApp has become a vital resource for billions of people \u2013 and they are prepared to defend it. When the Lebanese government tried to bring in a \u201cWhatsApp tax\u201d, charging $0.20 daily for calls made on the app, it helped trigger the mass protests that swept the country in 2019. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Facebook is pushing a mysterious and aggressive \u2018privacy update\u2019 on WhatsApp users. Here\u2019s why It\u2019s the messaging app that connects a quarter of the world\u2019s population, but many Americans still have haven\u2019t heard of WhatsApp. That\u2019s because most phone plans in the United States provide a standard flat rate for texting that allows people to …<\/p>\n

You should be worried about how much info WhatsApp shares with Facebook | Burcu Kilic and Sophia Crabbe-Field<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}