schizoidman@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 19 days agoThe EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agendawww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: europe@zerobytes.monstereurope@zerobytes.monstereurope@zerobytes.monstereurope@zerobytes.monstereurope@zerobytes.monstertechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkThe EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agendawww.techradar.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: europe@zerobytes.monstereurope@zerobytes.monstereurope@zerobytes.monstereurope@zerobytes.monstereurope@zerobytes.monstertechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareRiQuY@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·19 days agoThen go tell that to all of your WhatsApp contacts, people won’t change apps.
minus-squareeleitl@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 days agoI have zero such contacts. For the moment, I tolerate Signal. When it falls I’ll switch to self-hosted Matrix.
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·19 days agobut that’s the beaury of email! people don’t need to be on the same app to communicate with each other! that arbitrary walled-off garden of whatsapp doesn’t hamper anyone here!
minus-squareRiQuY@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 days agoOf course there are alternatives, that’s not the main problem, it’s the adoption by people not familiar or interested in tech. https://activitypub.rocks/
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·19 days agoI’m not touching an app owned by Meta. If people want to message me, they can use Signal. Turns out, this policy has weeded out lots of useless conversations from my life. So, I see it as a win.
Then go tell that to all of your WhatsApp contacts, people won’t change apps.
I have zero such contacts. For the moment, I tolerate Signal. When it falls I’ll switch to self-hosted Matrix.
but that’s the beaury of email! people don’t need to be on the same app to communicate with each other!
that arbitrary walled-off garden of whatsapp doesn’t hamper anyone here!
Of course there are alternatives, that’s not the main problem, it’s the adoption by people not familiar or interested in tech.
https://activitypub.rocks/
I’m not touching an app owned by Meta. If people want to message me, they can use Signal.
Turns out, this policy has weeded out lots of useless conversations from my life. So, I see it as a win.