Mysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agoTo comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocoltechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTo comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocoltechcrunch.comMysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareDavidGarcia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agokind of dumb they could get huge market share
minus-squaremuhyb@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoIt’s not. There is no privacy if you send your message to Whatsapp servers.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThere’s even less privacy if I have to have the WhatsApp app installed on my phone to send that message.
minus-squareInfiniWheel@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYou have the big plus of not having the WhatsApp app installed and snooping around with all those permissions it has.
minus-squareanlumo@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYeah, this worked so well for XMPP when everybody federated with Gmail chat.
minus-squareViciousTurducken@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoThem being nonprofit has nothing to do with the pursuit of marketshare. Plenty of nonprofits want to maximize marketshare. Them being nonprofit means they are mission-driven. And what is that mission? Per the Signal Foundation’s website: Protect free expression and enable secure global communication through open source privacy technology.
kind of dumb they could get huge market share
It’s not. There is no privacy if you send your message to Whatsapp servers.
There’s even less privacy if I have to have the WhatsApp app installed on my phone to send that message.
You have the big plus of not having the WhatsApp app installed and snooping around with all those permissions it has.
Yeah, this worked so well for XMPP when everybody federated with Gmail chat.
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Them being nonprofit has nothing to do with the pursuit of marketshare. Plenty of nonprofits want to maximize marketshare. Them being nonprofit means they are mission-driven.
And what is that mission?
Per the Signal Foundation’s website:
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