Meta says the hyperlink gained’t be turned on robotically, so it’s as much as you to resolve if linking WhatsApp to Accounts Heart is one thing you’re into. In the event you accomplish that, Meta will begin utilizing your WhatsApp data “to do issues like present, personalize, and enhance its services, together with to point out you adverts,” in response to a help page about the change.
Meta’s different apps gained’t use WhatsApp private information “until it’s to find out how many individuals we serve, preserve folks protected, or to supply optionally available options that work throughout Meta merchandise,” the corporate writes. It additionally says linking your account gained’t change the truth that messages are end-to-end encrypted in WhatsApp.
Down the road, Meta says it would add the power for customers to go to Accounts Heart to handle issues like Meta AI stickers or AI-generated avatars created utilizing its Think about Me function.