Sundray to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 hours agoCommodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of Itwww.timeextension.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1200
arrow-up1200external-linkCommodore's Next Hardware Release Is Dumb, And Proud Of Itwww.timeextension.comSundray to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 hours agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-square@anon_8675309@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 hours 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.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 hours 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.