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An email from the Google Drive Team dropped into my inbox earlier this week to let me know that from November any WhatsApp backups won't count against my storage quota on Google Drive. It's welcome news especially for heavy WhatsApp users with the basic 15 GB Drive allowance. Unaware that WhatsApp did backups? It's worth checking out as it's one
WhatsApp updated its terms and privacy policy for the first time in four years. Some of those changes are likely to turn off users. In short, WhatsApp wants to share user data with Facebook for the purpose of using it to show you targeted ads. There is a way to opt-out of it. WhatsApp posted an oddly worded blog post
The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate how the WhatsApp deal will impact the privacy of its users. Facebook acquired WhatsApp just a few weeks ago. The concern is that Facebook will use the personal information of WhatsApp's more than 450 million users to target advertising. Those