• Pohl@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Nothing makes me smirk like the rest of the world bragging to Americans that they use Facebook to text. Yeah guys, you nailed it. Big win. We’re over here using standard protocols like rubes. I’m sure you get all kinds of security from that free app from Mr Zuckerberg. lol

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      11 months ago

      You guys use iMessage, a proprietary app from an other big tech company and use it to dismiss the other half of the population.

      You guys aren’t much better.

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      11 months ago

      I’m all for discrediting Facebook services for better alternatives, but Whatsapp employs End to End encryption by default, while SMS is readable from your ISP and anyone intercepting your conversation.

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        11 months ago

        Facebook makes money selling data for advertising. They don’t host and maintain what’s app for the good of mankind. every single thing you send on the app is being harvested for data and you know it. It is decrypted at each end and hovered up for sale to the highest bidder.

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          11 months ago

          Facebook makes money mainly from advertising, yes, which can be done also on Whatsapp and will be in the future.

          While they can still harvest some data from Whatsapp even if conversations are encrypted, my point was that they have no way to read the content of messages you send.