There's an irony that WhatsApp's new privacy policy is driving a mass exodus to, among other apps, the unencrypted-by-default Telegram. Yes, encryption ≠ privacy, but still.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1349347955975794689 …
Where did you get the chart? It doesn't look right. Also where is the Android version?
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That chart looks like it's total bullshit to me, but I hope a security journalist does a real story on this.
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The Verge has done a story; it is Apple who is providing the privacy data. I assume their App Store knows which data is being pulled with any app?https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/14/22174017/apple-app-store-new-privacy-labels-ios-apps-public …
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It is Apple's App Store not GooglePlay which introduced a new transparency tool which provides app downloaders with information about the data collected on them from apps they are using:https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/the-amount-of-data-collected-by-whatsapp-signal-facebook-messenger-and-imessage/articleshow/80128023.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=GadgetsNowAMP …
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That's self-reported information, not stuff verified by Apple or anyone else, and also does not apply to Android. Plus, as I said the chart omits key information. The reality is if you want privacy *from* Facebook, yes, use something else (Signal!) but Telegram is not encrypted.
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I just went to the App Store on my iPhone 10 and screen grabbed the following for WhatsApppic.twitter.com/k2EyRmVxst
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And here is the information Apple’s App Store gives me for Telegrampic.twitter.com/mu1CixU9QB
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