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Elon Musk Criticizes WhatsApp for Nightly User Data Export

May 25, 2024 1 min read

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, has criticised Meta-owned WhatsApp for allegedly exporting users’ data every night. The claims were initially made by an X user, who stated that WhatsApp uses the exported data for targeted advertising. Musk responded to the post, suggesting that some people still believe WhatsApp is secure and that there is no evidence that the content of messages is ever scanned or transmitted.

Computer programmer and video game developer, John Carmack, also weighed in on the discussion, questioning whether there is any evidence supporting the claim that message content is scanned or transmitted. Neither Meta nor WhatsApp have commented on these allegations. This criticism from Musk follows his previous comments accusing Meta of taking undue credit for advertisers on its platform.

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