sonofearthThese are the types of Whatsapp Channels Indians get recommended
Sir_KevinI know WhatsApp is like the international standard but you all need to get off that shit. Meta should be boycotted globally.
Tell this to my family who thinks it is the most revolutionary piece of technology ever created and shun me to speak out. :(
Signal her group messaging too. Sleep had usernames.
Send out messages… “hey install this privacy messaging app.”
Then start making groups then start sending jokes and funny funny videos on the group messaging channels.
Must people will actually do their research when they see it and install it initially.
It’s when you try to get people on it with one on one texting is when i find it the most difficult because you’re the only person they will use it with.
Tried that 3 years and got called out as paranoid. 🥲
[Most] people will actually do their research when they see it and install it initially.
Will they though? Do you know most people? I doubt most people will do research. I think a large share of Lemmers will do the research. But we can be a different kind of people in certain aspects.
I’m my experience, Yes. I just say it’s privacy oriented and when I say research, basically they will look up a search result or 2 and call if a day.
I don’t understand why this is just ok everywhere. People are swearing off American tech in droves, yet somehow this one gets a free pass.
SpaciousCoder78FYI a lot of Indian government agencies use WhatsApp for their everyday operations. Most Indians don’t care about the US stuff, all they need is WhatsApp
I still don’t get it. If WhatsApp is ok, why not Facebook messenger? Why not instagram dm’s? Meta alleges that WhatsApp is “encrypted”, but why would anyone believe that? Is “trust me bro” good enough for the government of a nuclear power? And yes I know the US is no better, but India’s government relying on a commercial product from an American spy company is bonkers. It would be like the the EU using WeChat.
irelephant [he/him]The encryption happens client side, so it’s easy to verify that it’s happening.
Metadata sent with messages (who you’re talking to, when the message was sent etc) isn’t encrypted.
There’s still no reason to believe that they don’t have a back door to the message content. It’s closed source, and they’re an evil company whose entire business model is surveillance through lack of privacy. I know where I would put my chips.
The last time i haar fb messenger installed is years ago, but it used to drain the battery like crazy. Much more than whatsapp.
WhatsApp is at least E2EE but Instagram isn’t even E2EE. Even Facebook Messenger is safer. Although, out of all the Meta apps, WhatsApp is the safest bet. I’m not necessarily promoting and saying you should use WhatsApp but just saying that it’s a safer bet. If you want an actual privacy respecting messaging app, check out Signal. If you wanna be anonymous, use SimpleX Chat
People are too ignorant to care about spyware and privacy. Can’t do much about that.
I’ll contend the biggest play Meta ever did was buying Whatsapp. They saw the app had reached critical mass and was an actual necessity, unlike their facebook crap which only appeals to a certain subset of people.
And now we’re all stuck with it and Meta’s enshitification and progressive privacy violations.