Data sharing is the business model and that is why Facebook had acquired WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars. It (data sharing) is a gold mine. To say that they are not sharing data is contrary on the face of it," she said, adding that despite end-to-end encryption, metadata is collected by them. "You (WhatsApp) say it is in the realm of a contract. Divan said they do not use spectrum and the service is provided through the telecom service providers who have the licence.

Source: dna May 16, 2017 14:37 UTC