I don't want iMessage for Android – I just want everyone to use good messaging apps
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iMessage for Android is only a cool idea because of the ridiculous attitude that's developed around the service, when other apps exist.
    • IndefiniteBen@leminal.spaceEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      The privacy concerns are not that Meta will read your messages (because they can’t, as you mention), but the metadata they can read such as your details and who you contact.

      “So, Facebook can track who sends WhatsApp messages, when, to whom, from which location (if a user allows), etc - but not the content itself,” Rykov says “This creates a privacy concern for people who want full anonymity. These people should consider using more privacy-enhancing apps like Signal, Threema, Wire instead.”

      https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/a-cheat-sheet-for-whatsapp-privacy/

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

        the metadata they can read such as your details and who you contact.

        Every provider of communication services can. Singling out WhatsApp in that regard makes no sense. Apple happily hands over metadata and iCloud backups to the FBI.

    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
      4·
      1 year ago

      Ultimately I just don’t trust meta at all. I trust Apple slightly more. Which still isn’t much, but it’s more.