Sundray to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoCommodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of Itwww.timeextension.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1373
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minus-square@anon_8675309@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoWhatsApp has access to your plain text before it encrypts it. One has to trust WhatsApp with that. That’s the problem. Meta is untrustworthy.
minus-square@zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI did not try to imply that WhatsApp is secure or trustworthy. They will, of course, use as much data as they can. But that’s something out of control of the mobile phone. And if they wouldn’t pre-install WhatsApp, users will download it ASAP.
WhatsApp has access to your plain text before it encrypts it. One has to trust WhatsApp with that. That’s the problem. Meta is untrustworthy.
I did not try to imply that WhatsApp is secure or trustworthy. They will, of course, use as much data as they can. But that’s something out of control of the mobile phone. And if they wouldn’t pre-install WhatsApp, users will download it ASAP.