☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhatsApp data breach sees nearly 500 million user records up for salewww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarehfkldjbuq@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoNice. Ditch WhatsApp. Use an app that has no user identifiers to begin with so no chance of that happening, that is apps like https://simplex.chat/
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoYou end up with a catch22 problem of network effect. If Signal failed to move users with Felon Yuck’s tweet, nothing will move users off of WhatsApp, and you basically need it for social participation, if you live outside USA/Japan/Korea/China.
Nice. Ditch WhatsApp. Use an app that has no user identifiers to begin with so no chance of that happening, that is apps like https://simplex.chat/
You end up with a catch22 problem of network effect. If Signal failed to move users with Felon Yuck’s tweet, nothing will move users off of WhatsApp, and you basically need it for social participation, if you live outside USA/Japan/Korea/China.