Is this legal?
GDPR states that you are able to opt-out or opt-in as you see fit. Facebook are providing NO method to opt-out of data sharing between whatsapp and facebook, even if you opted in before but wish to opt out now.
From my reading of the GDPRegulations this is illegal. Isn't it about time The Register and other persons and companies stood up to this through the correct legal avenues? Expecting 'normal' people to understand the implications of these changes is a bit of a hurdle. The new T&Cs suggest that your content uploaded, such as pictures, videos, messages, are able to be sent for use by facebook and are licensed to facebook. The message itself may be encrypt 'end to end' but the core content can be extracted by the whatsapp app on the phone and sent to facebook servers.
Facebook, whatsapp and instagram share the same sandbox area on mobile phones, so the data transfer and extraction of desired data can be coordinated between those apps on the mobile phone and then uploaded to facebook servers at will by the apps. It is pathetic that this has been allowed to continue, with coordination from Apple and Google. Google's job is to invade your privacy, but Apple does at least have a modicum of morality to prevent such actions.
Fight this, please.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
