The most popular chat application WhatsApp and the most popular social network Instagram have belonged to Facebook for several years. As the portal pointed out The Sun, the company has adjusted the conditions of their use to its image and the changes also affect the privacy of users.
On WhatsApp, your personal data is safer than on Instagram. What Facebook can learn about it from you is limited by encryption. The content of messages and phone calls thus remains only between you and your counterpartwith whom you write. Facebook doesn’t even collect a list of your contacts.
Instead, she gets to him your phone number and device informationon which you use WhatsApp. He will also know from the number what country you are from. He knows when you last logged in and monitors the way you navigate the application and what features you need most often. They will find out, how many messages you sent and how many times have you called via WhatsApp.
WhatsApp is said to send data to Facebook only “when necessary to enhance security and integrity”. If you use WhatsApp, Facebook will Know if you have any of its other applications.
Unlike WhatsApp, Instagram does not have encryption, so does Facebook employees they can access the content of your private messages. In addition, it is a public social network, the essence of which is the sharing of photos and videos. Facebook can find out anything about you that you reveal about yourself via Instagram. He himself openly admits this in terms of use.
In addition to what you share, they will get to Facebook accurate information about the location where you took the photo or video or the date of their creation. If you imported into Instagram list of contacts from your mobile phone, you have automatically passed it on to Facebook. Applications as well watches you behave in it, and evaluates what content you consume most often on it. He knows with whom and for how long you have been in contact.
Instagram also gets information about your phone’s battery status, signal or memory location. Facebook uses this data to improve its other applications. When you have written about something with someone on Instagram, it is not uncommon for you to come across this, for example, in an advertisement on Facebook.
Instagram wants to charge for some of the content, and unique stories will be added:
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