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WhatsApp ranked worst for users’ data privacy in internet snooping report

Posted on June 19, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Andrew Griffin reports:

People who are concerned about the government prying into their data should stay away from WhatsApp, Google and Microsoft and instead use Apple and Dropbox, according to a new report from privacy campaigners.

A new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, called ‘Who Has Your Back?’, has ranked the biggest technology companies on how transparent and protective they are of users’ data. The report has been running since 2011 and has expanded over the years, as well as dropping companies like MySpace.

Read more on The Independent.

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