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Traum · 01-10-2021, 11:36 PM

In this day and age, and esp when I am still an active Facebook / WhatsApp / IG user, I really find it quite ironic that I am posting about personal data privacy concerns. But spurred by the upcoming user agreement changes from WhatsApp, I did a bit of homework and decided that I would at least remove the Facebook Messenger app from my phone, and follow Elon Musk's recommendation to use Signal over WhatsApp as much as possible.

Here is a quick comparative diagram of the persoal data that each messaging apps collect from you and your iOS device when you install / use the app. The number of data items each app collects from you is as follows:

Signal: 1 -- your phone number is collected, but it is not tied to your Signal account
Telegram: 4 items
iMessage: 4 items
WhatsApp: 32 items
Facebook Messenger: over 100 items

While the collection of private information here only applies to the iOS / Apple Store version of the app, I am willing to bet that a similar amount of data is collected on the Android version of the apps as well. The Google Play Store does not require this level of information to be declared, so it is difficult to tell how exactly the apps behave in an Android environment.

Getting back to the personal data collected on an iOS device, I have personally verified the truthfulness of this data privacy collection, and you can see for yourself the data items each app collect from your iOS device from the following links:

Signal:
https://apps.apple.com/.../signal-pr...../id874139669

Telegram:
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/telegr...er/id686449807

iMessage:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211975

WhatsApp:
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/whatsa...er/id310633997

Facebook Messenger:
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/messenger/id454638411

Finally, if you are interested in the subject, the following two articles might be of interest to you:

WhatsApp Beaten By Apple’s New iMessage Privacy Update

Do You Suddenly Need To Stop Using WhatsApp?

01-10-2021, 11:36 PM	#1
Traum RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Paradise, BC Posts: 8,393 Thanked 8,162 Times in 3,396 Posts Failed 262 Times in 148 Posts	Personal Data Privacy In this day and age, and esp when I am still an active Facebook / WhatsApp / IG user, I really find it quite ironic that I am posting about personal data privacy concerns. But spurred by the upcoming user agreement changes from WhatsApp, I did a bit of homework and decided that I would at least remove the Facebook Messenger app from my phone, and follow Elon Musk's recommendation to use Signal over WhatsApp as much as possible. Here is a quick comparative diagram of the persoal data that each messaging apps collect from you and your iOS device when you install / use the app. The number of data items each app collects from you is as follows: Signal: 1 -- your phone number is collected, but it is not tied to your Signal account Telegram: 4 items iMessage: 4 items WhatsApp: 32 items Facebook Messenger: over 100 items While the collection of private information here only applies to the iOS / Apple Store version of the app, I am willing to bet that a similar amount of data is collected on the Android version of the apps as well. The Google Play Store does not require this level of information to be declared, so it is difficult to tell how exactly the apps behave in an Android environment. Getting back to the personal data collected on an iOS device, I have personally verified the truthfulness of this data privacy collection, and you can see for yourself the data items each app collect from your iOS device from the following links: Signal: https://apps.apple.com/.../signal-pr...../id874139669 Telegram: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/telegr...er/id686449807 iMessage: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211975 WhatsApp: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/whatsa...er/id310633997 Facebook Messenger: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/messenger/id454638411 Finally, if you are interested in the subject, the following two articles might be of interest to you: WhatsApp Beaten By Apple’s New iMessage Privacy Update Do You Suddenly Need To Stop Using WhatsApp?