A few years ago, I didn’t really care about privacy and even worshipped Google and such.
Now that I do care about them, I rejoined Signal (which I disliked a few years ago).
I am currently waiting for the EU’s DMA law to take effect (specifically the messaging app interoperability) so I can delete WhatsApp and my account for good and only use Signal to communicate with others, no matter if they’re using WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.
Feels good to be in the EU atm.
You know how stuff is in the EU, literally everyone is using WhatsApp so you have no choice but to use WhatsApp as well.
I tried to get my family and friends into Signal now, but it seems like they are like the people that say “I have nothing to hide, and I don’t trust such sketchy apps.”. Feels annoying but I no longer need to thanks to EU’s DMA law.
That makes sense with their reasoning. But the DMA will still free people from WhatsApp regardless. There will be some open source messaging app implementing the new MLS protocol to communicate with WhatsApp users. I am more than happy to use that alongside Signal instead of WhatsApp.
It’s the same as with email. If I communicate with someone using Gmail, then yes, of course Google also gets some my data. But it’s still better than being forced to use Gmail because my friend is on Gmail right?
Signal.
A few years ago, I didn’t really care about privacy and even worshipped Google and such. Now that I do care about them, I rejoined Signal (which I disliked a few years ago). I am currently waiting for the EU’s DMA law to take effect (specifically the messaging app interoperability) so I can delete WhatsApp and my account for good and only use Signal to communicate with others, no matter if they’re using WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. Feels good to be in the EU atm. You know how stuff is in the EU, literally everyone is using WhatsApp so you have no choice but to use WhatsApp as well. I tried to get my family and friends into Signal now, but it seems like they are like the people that say “I have nothing to hide, and I don’t trust such sketchy apps.”. Feels annoying but I no longer need to thanks to EU’s DMA law.
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Wait really? Can I have the source?
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That makes sense with their reasoning. But the DMA will still free people from WhatsApp regardless. There will be some open source messaging app implementing the new MLS protocol to communicate with WhatsApp users. I am more than happy to use that alongside Signal instead of WhatsApp.
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It’s the same as with email. If I communicate with someone using Gmail, then yes, of course Google also gets some my data. But it’s still better than being forced to use Gmail because my friend is on Gmail right?
I don’t have to use whatsapp but i do have to use viber and snapchat