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Anon lives differently than his peers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Firipu@startrek.website 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fuck texting like a Neanderthal. Use a modern, and secure app to communicate. WhatsApp as a bottom of the barrel thing (99% of society outside of the US is on it, so it's the de facto standard) , signal or better if you can.

[–] Pohl@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Pohl@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 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.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 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.