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AFAICT the WA <> FB data sharing will not happen to the users in the EU.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2021/01/08/whatsapp-t... says "In a statement given to Forbes, a WhatsApp spokesperson confirmed that there will be no changes to WhatsApp’s data-sharing practices in Europe and the UK."

which makes it even worse looking for rest of the world.

If it is indeed not harmful like Facebook is claiming to be by pushing WhatsApp status updates, they can choose to do it in EU also.

What do you mean? Laws are different in Europe. "Harm" isn't the question, policy is.

Soooo, what you're saying is that I need to pipe all of my WA traffic through a TOR exit node?

I wonder how Facebook treats traffic coming through its TOR address.