Fairphone vs WhatsApp
Based on our analysis, Fairphone is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Fairphone | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | B- · 68/100 | D · 35/100 |
| What they collect | Mixed (65) | Concern (30) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (72) | Concern (22) |
| What you can do | Mixed (63) | Concern (38) |
| What they promise | Mixed (68) | Mixed (42) |
In plain English — Fairphone
Fairphone doesn't sell your data and has a genuinely ethical mission, but it runs retargeting ads, sends your full IP address to Bloomreach for segmentation, keeps contract data for a minimum of seven years, defaults to anonymisation rather than deletion when you ask for your data to be removed, and forum posts older than 60 days can never be fully deleted.
View full analysis →In plain English — WhatsApp
WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption genuinely protects your message content, but everything around it — who you talk to, when, how often, your contacts, your device — flows to Meta and is used to build ad profiles across Facebook and Instagram. You can't opt out of the Meta data sharing and still use the app.
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