Well, Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and now Whatsapp. I really can’t stand using an app that has ads. I really really could use them if they weren’t so intrusive or annoying, Whatsapp it’s the only META app that I’m still using due my close relations do use it.

Which App do you use to chat with your closest people? You simple don’t? Or you use another medium to get in touch? I always can make a call to my relatives, but there are people, like my gf, which I need to communicate in more than one way, send audios, photos, videos, etc. Every reply it’s appreciate it.

    • rirus@feddit.orgEnglish
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      17 hours ago

      If you Chat via WhatsApp the Chat is probably in cleartext on the servers of

      • Google
      • Apple
      • Meta
      • NSA and stuff

      But at least You can be sure if you are really chatting to the right person

      You can send self destructive messages with a very short livespan that probably won’t land in cleartext on somebody else’s devices.

      If you call you are Safe, its encrypted and not stored unencrypted in backups.

      So its possible to use it encrypted

      If you Chat via SMS the Chat is probably in cleartext on the servers of

      • Provider1
      • Provider2
      • Google
      • Apple
      • Meta
      • NSA and stuff
      • but also any other Spy agency or snoop that has access to SS7

      You can’t be sure if you are really chatting to the right person

      Calls are interceptable.

      impossible to use securely