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August 26, 2016

WhatsApp will share your number with Facebook

  • Users have 30 days to opt out of sharing their information with Facebook, although they must take the extra step of unchecking a box to do so.
  • By BRANDON BAILEY
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company. That means WhatsApp users could soon start seeing more targeted ads and Facebook friend suggestions on Facebook based on WhatsApp information — although not on the messaging service itself.

    The move is a subtle but significant shift for WhatsApp, used by more than 1 billion people around the world. When it was acquired by Facebook for an eye-popping $21.8 billion two years ago, executives promised privacy would be safeguarded.


     
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