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ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Me, an American, to my German cousin:

"So, yeah, I'm changing email addresses, here's my new one."

"Email? Are you using WhatsApp?"

"Er, no, how about text?"

"We all have WhatsApp."

"Okay, maybe Google Chat?"

"WhatsApp? WhatsApp."

[–] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've had basically the same conversation with my sister who lives in Albania. I just want to use something encrypted like signal but she just refuses and says it's either WhatsApp or Facebook messenger. Cause of that I barely talk to her.

[–] makingrain@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

WhatsApp is e2e encrypted. It uses the same tech as Signal.

[–] impure9435@kbin.run 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

*allegedly

No one knows for sure, since WhatsApp is proprietary

[–] makingrain@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So are Signal's serverside components.

[–] impure9435@kbin.run 5 points 8 months ago

Uh, no? I don't know who told you this lie, but https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

Btw it wouldn't even matter, since the encryption happens in the client app. The server basically just passes around encrypted pieces of data between devices.

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The owner is a problem though.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 months ago

bring fediverse flags to Eurovision then.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Here's the trick (maybe): "Don't you know that WhatsApp is owned by Meta and collecting information on your chat metadata (who you chat to, when, your contacts, their contacts)."

Tell them to get Signal. If there's any country on this planet where convincing people to use Signal is easier, it must be Germany. GMaps streetview was banned there until recently, everyone uses fake names on Facebook, if they even made one in the first place.

Surely they must be amenable to Signal