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Delete WhatsApp, use Signal Private Messenger instead
RenThraysk:
Signal is having a massive influx in new users, and have been having to add more servers daily. And today even that broke.
Think the rate is (or was) 4,900 new registrations per minute.
Edit: Ah too slow getting the image... crossposted.
PS: Got to be a lot of people leaving WhatsApp, as they have delayed their planned policy changes.
SVFeingold:
--- Quote from: RenThraysk on January 15, 2021, 11:32:04 pm ---PS: Got to be a lot of people leaving WhatsApp, as they have delayed their planned policy changes.
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I really don't get these policy changes. What are these execs thinking?
How about this: "We've updated our policy to clearly signal that we're going to fuck off and leave our users to communicate in peace, and we'll figure out another way to market our app besides requesting access to and ownership of everything on your phone."
How's that for a policy change? Maybe try it out. I feel no sympathy for these companies if/when they go under.
Halcyon:
--- Quote from: RenThraysk on January 15, 2021, 11:32:04 pm ---PS: Got to be a lot of people leaving WhatsApp, as they have delayed their planned policy changes.
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Millions upon millions. Too little, too late. This move, whether they choose to back-peddle now or not has generated serious distrust in Facebook (a company that already had dubious privacy policies).
I will never go back. I never really liked it in the first place. I only installed it because many of my contacts used it and it was more secure than plain SMS. This is no longer the case.
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on January 16, 2021, 01:25:07 am ---it was more secure than plain SMS. This is no longer the case.
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[citation needed]
Halcyon:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on January 16, 2021, 01:29:17 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on January 16, 2021, 01:25:07 am ---it was more secure than plain SMS. This is no longer the case.
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[citation needed]
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Sorry, I'll clarify, it's the case that most of my contacts now use Signal, so I have no need for Whatsapp.
I wasn't suggesting that SMS is secure.
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