In a related sense, I never joined WhatsApp even though it would be convenient. Why? Because it gives away other people's names and numbers from your address book, revealing their data. I told my friends this, they didn't seem to care.
If I give my name and cellphone number to a person. I don't want to give it to WhatsApp, but if that person uses WhatsApp, that's exactly what happens, Whatsapp harvests that data from their phone book.
It frightens me to see how people don't see that as a problem. I get annoyed when someone includes me in a circular email and gives total strangers access to my private details.
Yes, I realized this early on.
In a related sense, I never joined WhatsApp even though it would be convenient. Why? Because it gives away other people's names and numbers from your address book, revealing their data. I told my friends this, they didn't seem to care.
If I give my name and cellphone number to a person. I don't want to give it to WhatsApp, but if that person uses WhatsApp, that's exactly what happens, Whatsapp harvests that data from their phone book.
It frightens me to see how people don't see that as a problem. I get annoyed when someone includes me in a circular email and gives total strangers access to my private details.