BNJMNBanksWhatsapp is going to run terribly...
TolstoyAre there any WhatsApp clients without all the crap noone asking for?
chepoxThere soon will be because EUR turned their arm into opening the chat protocol. As soon as that happens expect other chats to be able to talk to whatsapp without the oficial app. So hopefully… Soon.
That EU proposal is definitely not good. I don’t know what you’ve read but it practice it will require to ban all open source chat applications mullvad.net/…/eu-chat-control-law-will-ban-open-s…
I read an article about. Here is another one. Doesn’t seem to mention any of the effects on Foss software so I might be out of the loop.
miss_brainfartWhat you’re linking to is about their proposition of chat control for CSAM scanning, which is a completely separate thing from the Digital Markets Act that will force big Messengers to become interoperable.
you’re actually right. I had merged these 2 in my head because of the other issue that arises from this requirement which will affect the security of the apps, especially in apps that work with e2e encryption. e2e interoperability is kinda impossible to be implemented especially in the current deadlines. You can read more about it here eff.org/…/eu-digital-markets-acts-interoperabilit…
The EU Digital Markets Act’s Interoperability Rule Addresses An Important Need, But Raises Difficult Security Problems for Encrypted Messaging
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) allows new messaging services to demand interoperability (the ability to exchange messages) from the internet's largest messaging services (like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and iMessage). Interoperability is an important tool to promote competition...
If only there were good, open standards everyone could use, right?
lmao, no no, the proprietary standards that one company uses are much better than the proprietary standards of their competitor. Everyone knows that!