WhatsApp goes down in Meta’s second big outage this year.
@TechCrunch reports: "Users are also reporting issues accessing Instagram and Messenger, according to social media posts and crowdsourced reporting sites like Downdector."
I social delle Big Tech secondo la bellissima serie di Artè sui rischi e lo sfruttamento delle persone che li utilizzano e su cui lucrano sfruttando debolezze e dipendenze, ottimi brevi video da condividere:
Es curioso como cambian las cosas. Si bien en 2021 salía un documento, presuntamente del FBI, poniendo a #Telegram por encima de #Signal y #Threema en cuestión de privacidad porque la compañía siempre se niega a colaborar con las autoridades y porque por mucho que se teorice sobre sus debilidades no han llegado a hackearlo, lo que sí hackearon los rusos fueron smartphones específicos, probablemente con algun malware como Pegasus (o infiltrándose en chats grupales), para acceder a conversaciones.
En conclusión, sí. Cosas como #Whatsapp, #Avast, e #EasyAntiCheat son menos seguras que muchas de sus alternativas, pero también hay que cuidar otros factores.
No podemos quejarnos de nuestro sistema de seguridad cuando somos nosotros quienes dejamos la puerta abierta.
La mejor seguridad y privacidad provienen de educarse sobre el tema y mantener una disciplina al respecto. Y aun así siempre habrán riesgos que se deben saber reconocer y mitigar.
For those in the US, WhatsApp may not sound like much. It is just another messaging app.
However, in many developing and developed nations, WhatsApp runs the world. It is a crucial tool that allows massive levels of personal and commercial communication.
Schools, hospitals, businesses, religion, government offices, hotels, ride-sharing - almost everything use WhatsApp to function smoothly.
In short, WhatsApp is a must-have app for all in these regions. I speak from personal experience and this post doesn't contain any exaggeration! 😃
What’sApp started out as a way to display status messages next to people’s names in a phone’s contacts list. Fifteen years later, the app has become a lot more, Pranav Dixit writes in an article for Engadget. Among other things, Dixit calls What’sApp “an integral part of the propaganda machinery of political parties in India and Brazil, a way for millions of businesses to reach customers..." Read more about how What’sApp became the world’s default communication app. https://flip.it/RbTH99 #Tech#Technology#SocialMedia#WhatsApp
@ErikJonker Moving from whatsap to signal is a good step. Moving to Element (Matrix protocol) an even better one. Because:
Signal is still US-based so similarly conflicted wrt eu-us diclosure- an privacylaws. Element/Matrix is EU based.
Matrix network is distributed by design (like mastodon) and has fully open api for any third-party client (like mastodon) #element#matrix#signal#whatsapp
Tras lo sucedido en #España es admirable ver la cantidad de personas con el valor y mente inquieta suficientes para usar algo que no sea #Whatsapp.
Si bien #Telegram tiene funciones muy útiles por las que lo he recomendado como alternativa para quienes ven bien tener su mensajería instantánea ligada a su número de teléfono (lo ideal es que no), iniciativas como la #P2PL me parecen nefastas de cara a la mayoría de usuarios y una excusa para abaratar costes del servicio. https://telegram.org/tos/p2pl
Meta is adding phone home functionality to #WhatsApp so it can add an #AI chatbot. What could possibly go wrong?
Remember Cambridge Analytica. Stop using #Meta products. Just switch to @signalapp . Most people have done so already and are only forced to keep WhatsApp for the stragglers.
So, I've been arguing with myself over whether I should resurrect my #Telegram account or not. From various sources, I get the impression that their platform isn't all that secure despite their claims. If memory serves, one of the sources said they wouldn't trust it with anything more than a casual conversation, and definitely wouldn't trust it with more sensitive topics. I'm not interested in using #Meta services, so things like #Messenger & #WhatsApp are not options I'd consider. At this point, my messaging options are #Signal and #Matrix even though the latter isn't the most #accessible option. Heck, when you get down to it, the former has a few accessibility annoyances on #Android which is the mobile platform I use. Decisions, decisions...
The #DigitalMarketsAct mandates Meta to "enable end users to freely choose to opt-in to [combining or cross-using personal data] by offering a less personalised but equivalent alternative".
When I pointed out to Meta that by offering users to either #consent to #SurveillanceAds or pay € 275 per year for #Instagram & #Facebook isn't "equivalent alternative" they said, Meta has to do that because of #GDPR 😤 Really??
Ouh, so I just asked #Meta/#WhatsApp whether #interoperability with @matrix (should they request it) would apply to @element Inc, the Matrix.org reference server, or the entire federation?
Answer: probably the legal entity, so either Element Inc or the Matrix Foundation. I assume they would have to choose which server this includes.
But (did I hear that correctly?) the Meta person almost sounded as if a broadening to the federation could potentially be envisaged in the future.
In any event, it sounds like #WhatsApp is planning to make #interoperability opt-in only; but not in the way I suggested, which is give WA users a yes/no button when a non-WA user asks to connect, just like #Signal does already for Signal users.
I interpret #Meta's response to my question as meaning that WA users will have to actively switch on interop in the settings before people can ping them.
Kleines Projekt für den Sonntag Abend: Schreibe Deinen 10 oder 20 wichtigsten WhatsApp-Kontakten, dass Du ab jetzt gern bevorzugt Signal nutzen würdest. Meine Erfahrung ist: Natürlich gibt es vereinzelt Unverständnis, aber man findet auch immer jemanden, der schon längst gerne wechseln wollte und sich nicht zu fragen traute.
Traut Euch! 😄
P.S. Denkt dran, Euren Signal-Nutzernamen mitzuteilen.
RWAs are waging a war against Muslims—within societies, on WhatsApp groups
The larger national mood and conversations about hijab and namaz are percolating to the lowest citizen groups, the RWAs. Muslim residents are self-censoring and keeping a low profile and visibility to avoid trouble.
Bei ca.. Minute 36: zumindest das #BSI engagiert sich dafür, dass die gängigen #Messenger wie #Signal, #Threema und Co. untereinander verschlüsselt Nachrichten austauschen sollen.
Wer glaubt, dass - falls sie sich auf einen Standard einigen - diese dann der sicherste von allen sein wird?