Meta is set to introduce advertisements to WhatsApp, significantly shifting from its ad-free original model. The ads will only appear in the Updates section, which has around 1.5 billion daily users, while personal chats will remain ad-free and encrypted. Despite Meta's claims that data collection will be minimal and privacy-oriented, experts have raised concerns regarding user trust, citing Meta's previous privacy violations and expressing skepticism about targeted ads. Users will still be wary as their data's boundary between privacy and commercialization blurs.
"Like everything else on WhatsApp, we've built these features in the most privacy-oriented way possible. Your personal messages, calls and statuses remain end-to-end encrypted."
"The fact that Meta has promised that it's adding ads to WhatsApp with privacy in mind does not make me trust this new feature; ads targeted based on your personal data are a privacy nightmare."
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