Millennium, to tech French
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Miro_Collas, to Palestine
@Miro_Collas@masto.ai avatar

Why people use any Meta platform is beyond me. It could cost you your life, in some situations:

https://mas.to/@therightarticle/112469482824319988
"Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians"
via @therightarticle

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #Meta #WhatsApp
@palestine

persagen, to Israel
@persagen@mastodon.social avatar

Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians
“By using WhatsApp, people are risking their lives,” one human rights advocate said
https://truthout.org/articles/report-indicates-israel-uses-whatsapp-data-in-targeted-killings-of-palestinians

Palestinian digital rights group Sada Social accused Meta, which owns WhatsApp, of fueling "Lavender" artificial intelligence system used by the Israeli military to kill Palestinian individuals within the Gaza enclave

#Gaza #Israel #genocide #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #MetaPlatforms #WhatsApp #Palestine

plink, to Israel
@plink@mastodon.online avatar

from
Rights Advocates Demand Probe Into Reports That Uses to Target

"The system, supported by artificial intelligence, identifies Palestinians by tracking their communications via WhatsApp or the groups they join."




@palestine @israel

https://www.commondreams.org/news/meta-ai-whatsapp

nando161, to meta
@nando161@theblower.au avatar

According to , there is an urgent need for an immediate investigation into 's leak of users' to the .

The group diligently observes the collective dissent voiced by numerous Meta employees, encompassing , , WhatsApp, , and , regarding the Meta 's complicity in the war against the Strip, its endorsement of the Israeli occupation, and its fueling of the "Lavender" system used by the Israeli military to kill individuals within the Gaza enclave.

protonprivacy, to random
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ICYMI, here are the April top articles on our blog ⬇️

1 / 4

protonprivacy,
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📸 Finally, we’ve analyzed privacy and security practices of several popular services, and you found one of #Whatsapp most interesting: https://proton.me/blog/whatsapp-safe-private-photos

You can follow our blog here: https://proton.me/blog/ (we have an RSS feed, too).

4 / 4

remixtures, to india Portuguese
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: "India’s ongoing elections are the world’s largest in history, with almost 1 billion people eligible to vote. They are so big that voting is being conducted in waves from April 19 to June 1. The BJP, which has been in power for 10 years, is widely expected to win. But in the process, both Modi’s administration and his electoral campaign have been criticized for stirring hate against Muslims and increasing polarization.

As millions of Indians vote, many of them will turn to WhatsApp for information. India is the Meta-owned app’s largest market, with 400 million active users — more than a quarter of the country’s population. India’s last general elections, in 2019, were labeled the “WhatsApp elections” because of the platform’s prevalence and influence. In 2024, politicians are redoubling their focus on the app.

Kiran Garimella, an assistant professor at Rutgers University who researches WhatsApp in India, told Rest of World the app reaches people that other platforms don’t, including remote communities. “There are a number of people in India who only use WhatsApp,” he said.

The scale of the BJP’s WhatsApp operations is incomparable to that of any other political party in the country." https://restofworld.org/2024/bjp-whatsapp-modi/

finestructure, to beeper
@finestructure@mastodon.social avatar

I've used for several weeks now across , , , , and it's been a great improvement to the messaging mess:

• I've actually had an easier time keeping up with Slack than in Slack itself
• Initially I ran clients side by side but Beeper updates just as fast and I've since stopped running most except for Discord which I use for calls
• Even so, it's great to run it in parallel to Discord, because it's easier to text chat in Beeper while in a video call

finestructure,
@finestructure@mastodon.social avatar

Another huge plus of Beeper is that when you set it up on a new machine that’s a •single• login to get all your chats set up.

Just saved me faffin about with 5 service logins to get everything up and running 👌

#Beeper #Discord #Slack #Whatsapp #Signal #Telegram

plink, to nyc
@plink@mastodon.online avatar

from #WashingtonPost
Business titans privately urged #NYC mayor to use police on #Columbia protesters, chats show

A #WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy #Americans after the Oct. 7 #Hamas attack reveals their focus on Mayor #EricAdams and their work to shape #USA opinion of the #Gaza war.

#DefendStudentProtesters #SolidarityWithPalestine
#NotAntisemitism #EndTheOccupation
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael
#Israel #Palestine #USPolitics
#news #press @palestine @israel

https://wapo.st/3WJ4sqO

youronlyone, to Signal
@youronlyone@c.im avatar

#WhatsApp uses the open-source #Signal protocol… However, encryption isn’t the whole story… WhatsApp and, by extension, all #Meta organizations know you sent something, when you sent it, and who you sent it to…

https://proton.me/blog/whatsapp-safe-private-photos

#Privacy #Security

kfh, to random
@kfh@chaos.social avatar

move when trying to upload a video to Mastodon that's too big -- send it to yourself on Slack and it gets transcoded automagically. Download the file from your message, which is now 1/4 the size, and small enough to upload :D

matt,
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@kfh Haha, I do the same but with .

jedie, to random German
@jedie@chaos.social avatar

Sollte unter nicht auch im arbeitsprofil funktionieren? Es soll dabei die zweite SIM Karte im FP4 (e-sim) genutzt werden, doch schon bei der Registrierung der Nummer kommt ein Fehler.
Jemand eine Idee?

constantine, to telegram
@constantine@sfba.social avatar

all centralized messaging platforms are bad but if you have to chose, then

#telegram > #signal > #whatsapp

nysmill, to Signal French
@nysmill@piaille.fr avatar

Aucune nouvelle de l'intéropérabilité entre #whatsapp et #signal ?

#dma #Europe

darnell, to meta
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I know #WhatsApp is popular amongst Americans 🇺🇸 who travel outside of the country, but I doubt #Meta will replace #iMessage in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸 in the near future.

#Apple has already lost to #Facebook Messenger in #America 🇺🇸, so in a sense @zuck has already won.

👉🏾 WhatsApp Reveals Biggest iPhone Update For 2024—It's Impossible To Beat https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/05/04/whatsapps-surprise-new-update-iphone-15-pro-max-iphone-16-pro-max/

yeri,
@yeri@superuser.one avatar

In Singapore everyone is using , including businesses, bots are popular (to schedule delivery, order airplane food, etc). Apple is so fixated on the US and keeping control and vendor-lockin it totally missed the boat. Literally no one I know in Europe or Asia uses iMessage (or Facetime for that matter) (2/2)

btaroli, to meta
@btaroli@federate.social avatar

Wait… so is trying to make the new of the US? What could possibly go wrong…?
https://mastodon.social/@verge/112367606416456930

valeried, to Signal French
@valeried@mastodon.pirateparty.be avatar

bon matin masto : aurais-tu un article - en anglais si possible - qui explique en quoi il vaut mieux utiliser que ? 🙏​

J'en ai marre de me faire charrier par mes collègues : je n'ai visiblement pas les arguments pour les personnes qui ne sont pas du tout sensibilisées contre les gafam :blobfearful:​.

@ploum peut-être ?

hope1640,
@hope1640@mastodon.social avatar

@valeried @ploum Here's a write up from @avoidthehack about reasons to not use

https://avoidthehack.com/stop-using-whatsapp

srijit, to meta
@srijit@pleroma.envs.net avatar

WhatsApp in India

There are interesting discussions in Bruce Schneier’s blog on security regarding Meta’s threat to pull WhatsApp out of India.

In another context, there was a discussion, in recent past, that some members of Indian government suggested taking the extreme measure of blocking Proton due to a hoax bomb threat that were sent through Proton Mail. Finally it did not happen.

I believe that that Meta will not pull out of India and the existing encryption standards of WhatsApp will not change for Indian users. With more than 500 million active users in India, the stakes are too high from either side.

cc: @mastodonindians

accessibleandroid, to android
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