*gasp* Facebook weakened WhatsApp encryption so they could open it up for businesses by selling user data and making a profit
Oh wait, no. That’s not surprising at all
@cypnk
"Protection of users' data a core tenet of whatsapp" :/
I get a bit fed up of this kind of rewriting of history. Whatsapp had a poor reputation for data handling before it was bought. There were many stories on h-online about it. Practices like sending your entire contact book to a server on the other side of the Atlantic are only "privacy respecting" through the silicon valley looking glass.
@loke @priryo They're apparently not storing the contacts https://www.wired.com/story/signal-contact-lists-private-secure-enclave/
But of course, we just have their word for it
@cypnk signal also is linked to your phone number...
Actual (I know that may change quite often...) I am testing #wire open source code, account can be linked to email instead of phone. you may share your contacts (I don't).
Servers in EU (Switzerland and Ireland)
@loke @priryo
#usehashtags
@cypnk @priryo @loke I remember when a friend installed Signal and let it send invites by text. I had to inform him it was a group text with all his contacts in that group. Fortunately he kept furries/furry-friendly people and (very religious) family in separate groups, so it didn't do the damage it could have done.
@priryo It's strictly a preemptive PR tactic and it does get very tiresome
As always, the app you can truly trust with your contacts is the one that doesn't have access to it in the first place