两年前Facebook收购WhatsApp时，人们对Facebook的所有权对WhatsApp用户隐私意味着什么感到相当担忧，这是可以理解的。果然，当WhatsApp最近宣布更新隐私政策时，它揭示了WhatsApp和Facebook账户之间更为稳固和令人担忧的联系。

在公告中，WhatsApp解释了Facebook和WhatsApp之间的数据共享对用户意味着什么：

By coordinating more with Facebook, we'll be able to do things like track basic metrics about how often people use our services and better fight spam on WhatsApp. And by connecting your phone number with Facebook's systems, Facebook can offer better friend suggesti*** and show you more relevant ads if you have an account with them.

WhatsApp公告中没有包括的是，你实际上可以选择退出，不连接你的两个帐户，也不与Facebook共享你的WhatsApp信息。这些信息被隐藏在WhatsApp常见问题解答[断开的URL删除]中，而WhatsApp概述一些法律信息的单独文档解释了：

If you are an existing user, you can choose not to have your WhatsApp account information shared with Facebook to improve your Facebook ads and products experiences. Existing users who accept our updated Terms and Privacy Policy will have an additional 30 days to make this choice by going to Settings > Account.

因此，如果您尚未接受新的服务条款（TOS）和隐私政策，当您打开WhatsApp并被提示同意更改时，请点击“阅读更多”链接。在该页面的底部，您应该可以取消选中“与Facebook共享您的WhatsApp帐户信息”。

如果您已经接受了更新的TOS和隐私策略，请转到您的WhatsApp设置>帐户并在屏幕底部切换选项。

选择不“改善你的Facebook广告和产品体验”，就像他们巧妙地说的那样，意味着你实际上不能完全退出Facebook与WhatsApp的新连接。

The Facebook family of companies will still receive and use this information for other purposes such as improving infrastructure and delivery systems, understanding how our services or theirs are used, securing systems, and fighting spam, abuse, or infringement activities.

欧洲和英国的隐私监管机构对这一变化提出异议，并表示，这一变化本应作为一种选择加入（opt-in）选项而不是选择退出（opt-out）选项提供。

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