This may sound a bit dumb, but eh.

So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal… not really because I didn’t care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they’ll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there.

So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance!

(Note: Most of my family and friends don’t really care about privacy.)

(Note 2: This was also posted in c/privacy@lemmy.ml, c/privacy@lemmy.world communities, the m/signal@kbin.social magazine and r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)

  • ayon@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I think e2ee is always on in WhatsApp. You don’t need to turn on anything. You may be confusing it with Messenger or Telegram.

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      1 year ago

      gotcha, havent use whatsapp for a while. Good to know. Even with e2ee enabled, what types of data are still known by FB/meta? Like social graphs and such?

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        1 year ago

        For example, who you texted, when and where you texted, for how long you texted etc etc
        those are not encrypted.

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        1 year ago

        You better believe that any metadata that can be syphoned by Meta is, that includes profile info, social graphs, who’s calling/messaging who, when, and for how long. AFAIK only message content is e2ee.