I wonder from where they get the data if I don’t have Facebook or Instagram. WhatsApp is a shitty app that I begrudgingly use because of the parents groups and some relatives that I didn’t manage to make switch to signal.
Facebook absolutely builds ghost profiles for people who don't have a Facebook profile. You see all of those "Like" buttons on non-Facebook websites? Those are cookies that are essentially tracking you. They may not have your first/last name or other personal data as a regular profile, but they can build a pretty damn good composite of you. Source - I work in the ad industry
But it still requires the official mobile app for the initial login. When I used it, logging in once seemed to be good for a few months, as long you open it from time to time. There's also a Whatsapp clone that seems to support login, but I haven't tried it and it hasn't seen updates in a couple years: https://github.com/KhubaibKhan4/Whatsify-Android
Thanks. It seems to be just whatsapp web in an app form, so I could probaby just go to my browser. But that's still an interesting idea that never ocurred to me on phone.
Tbh. This took waaay longer than i expected. They bought it con 2014. I didn't even know a company was capable of holding its enshitification tendencies that long
I see. I'm notorious among colleagues for going the extra mile and putting Whatsapp on a separate phone, which I only check on a routine. Hoping that there's a category of notifications can be disabled for ads, but no big loss if the notifications should be shut off altogether.
30 Comments
SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works · 49 pts · 1y
"WhatsApp doesn't collect your data!"
(because everything else they own does)
Stomata@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Who you contact, when, how, from where is bing collected
racoon@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y
Goldmaster@lemmy.ml · 34 pts · 1y
So the whole security and privacy claims are purely marketing.
hansolo@lemmy.today · 19 pts · 1y
Yes, but so are the ads!
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 32 pts · 1y
What? The communications app owned by Facebook is using data from other Facebook owned platforms to target ads? Who could have ever seen this coming!
arch@feddit.nl · 19 pts · 1y
It’s unfortunately hard to convert people from WhatsApp to other software, because contacts might care to move but the group will not…
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I've had 2 or more messenging apps for about a decade now because of this.
SW42@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
I wonder from where they get the data if I don’t have Facebook or Instagram. WhatsApp is a shitty app that I begrudgingly use because of the parents groups and some relatives that I didn’t manage to make switch to signal.
EveningPancakes@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 26 pts · 1y
Facebook absolutely builds ghost profiles for people who don't have a Facebook profile. You see all of those "Like" buttons on non-Facebook websites? Those are cookies that are essentially tracking you. They may not have your first/last name or other personal data as a regular profile, but they can build a pretty damn good composite of you. Source - I work in the ad industry
SW42@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah I thought it would be something like that… feels shady af
stevedice@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y
WhatsApp links you to a social circle and Meta has all of the information of said social circle.
I don't need to know you like soccer if I know 10 people who have a soccer team and you're on all of their contact lists.
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Time to switch to a different client.
Check out Signal; it works very well.
MrSoup@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 1y
And people will still use it.
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
We lemmings are cool enough to do that. The struggle is convincing everyone else🥲
Stomata@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Saddest truth
NutWrench@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
The next time you wonder, "wow. How can they provide this amazing service for free?" always remember: YOU are the product.
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Amazing? Whatscrap? I think there are way better services out there for free as this Zuckerbot trash.
racoon@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
rollerbang@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
What happened to them not being allowed to bridge data? Or is this not the case in EU?
a4ng3l@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Haaaa noyb… never a dull moment with them.
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y
Signal, Telegram, SimpleX.
Spin the wheel ladies and gentlemen!
lemming@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Is there, by any chance, an alternative client?
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
There's the Whatsapp web client on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.kuenzler.whatsappwebtogo/
But it still requires the official mobile app for the initial login. When I used it, logging in once seemed to be good for a few months, as long you open it from time to time. There's also a Whatsapp clone that seems to support login, but I haven't tried it and it hasn't seen updates in a couple years: https://github.com/KhubaibKhan4/Whatsify-Android
lemming@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Thanks. It seems to be just whatsapp web in an app form, so I could probaby just go to my browser. But that's still an interesting idea that never ocurred to me on phone.
notarobot@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Tbh. This took waaay longer than i expected. They bought it con 2014. I didn't even know a company was capable of holding its enshitification tendencies that long
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
autonomoususer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Privacy is never single player, so we must get good at spreading our ideas to those around us.
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Same here, not yet at the point where I can convince all my colleagues to switch over. Why disable notifications in particular?
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
I see. I'm notorious among colleagues for going the extra mile and putting Whatsapp on a separate phone, which I only check on a routine. Hoping that there's a category of notifications can be disabled for ads, but no big loss if the notifications should be shut off altogether.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 2 pts · 1y
autonomoususer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
So, stop saying privacy. Say control, scam and abuse.
yournamehere@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Normies got nothing to say and have no mind.
DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
you can still hide your messages with gpg the green in the logo may be glowing brighter then ever and if you cant move from it atleast use gpg