jrefior, (edited ) to internet
@jrefior@hachyderm.io avatar

Is Facebook too big to fail?

They can spread conspiracy theories that elect Trump and inspire school shooters, and hundreds of millions of people just keep using them (or billions? really?)

(Including WhatsApp and Instagram)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media#Statistics_on_usage_and_membership
https://www.statista.com/statistics/264810/number-of-monthly-active-facebook-users-worldwide/

#meta #facebook #instagram #whatsapp #SocialMedia

geekland, to random Spanish
@geekland@mastodon.social avatar

Los 17 mejores trucos de Whatsapp para sacar el máximo provecho https://www.lavanguardia.com/andro4all/whatsapp/trucos-whatsapp

Dierck, to random German

Krass was WA jedes Mal beim Öffnen abfragt. Da bin ich doch gerne bei Telegram.
#WhatsApp #Telegram #Messenger

MediaActivist, to internet

Private Spies Hired by the FBI and Corporate Firms Infiltrate Discord, Reddit, WhatsApp
https://www.leefang.com/p/private-spies-hired-by-the-fbi-and #FBI #Surveillance #protest #activism #Discord #Reddit #WhatsApp

categulario, to random Spanish
@categulario@mstdn.mx avatar

Cuando estén en una conversación sobre #IA y la otra persona insista en que tomará conciencia y será el fin de la humanidad, le mandan este #sticker :

(lo tengo en #whatsapp y #telegram por si ocupan)

kuketzblog, to random German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Liebe Community, es ist erneut #Followerpower gefragt. Ich möchte die Messenger-Matrix aktualisieren bzw. auf neuesten Stand bringen. Das geht mit vielen Augen einfacher. Wenn ihr etwas seht, was nicht mehr aktuell ist, dann einfach Nachricht an mich. Danke euch! ❤️ 👍

Hinweis:

  • bitte keine Anfragen für die Aufnahme weiterer Messenger
  • bitte nur Beiträge, die zur Aktualisierung der bestehenden Matrix beitragen

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix.html

#messenger #signal #whatsapp #threema #matrix #telegram

Wanda,
@Wanda@troet.cafe avatar

@kuketzblog
In der Tabelle sieht es so aus, als könnte man Threema von #fdroid herunterladen. Dort gibt es aber kein Threema, falls ich es nicht übersehen habe.

#followerpower #messenger #signal #whatsapp #threema #matrix #telegram

kuketzblog, to random German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Liebe Community, es ist erneut #Followerpower gefragt. Ich möchte die Messenger-Matrix aktualisieren bzw. auf neuesten Stand bringen. Das geht mit vielen Augen einfacher. Wenn ihr etwas seht, was nicht mehr aktuell ist, dann einfach Nachricht an mich. Danke euch! ❤️ 👍

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix.html

#messenger #signal #whatsapp #briar #threema #matrix #telegram #simplex

AndyGER, to random German
@AndyGER@mastodon.social avatar
Zeitzeuge_64, to random German
@Zeitzeuge_64@nrw.social avatar

Vergleich #whatsapp - #signal / Wer nutzt noch so einen Dreck wie WhatsApp??

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Rush, to tech

Reminder that sucks for (especially outside the EU) and that you should urge everyone and yourself to move to something else.

My suggestions (in no particular order):
https://signal.org
https://getsession.org
https://simplex.chat

Feel free to boost, so that more people are aware.

Edit: Reasoning as to why I think the way I do are in the replies!

fluepke, to Signal
@fluepke@chaos.social avatar

#WhatsApp is about to introduce usernames as a privacy enhancement. #Telegram has it already.

When will #Signal follow?! Sharing phone numbers sucks.

Src: https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/25/whatsapp-usernames/

marcjacquemin, to random German

Hurra! Das Thema und geht dank in die nächste Runde. Laut geleakter Dokumente wird sich Spanien für ein EU-weites Verbot von einsetzen. Da wird das als letzte Instanz sicherlich viel Arbeit vor sich haben.

https://www.mactechnews.de/news/article/Ende-zu-Ende-Verschluesselung-Spanien-fuer-EU-weites-Verbot-Deutschland-haelt-dagegen-182583.html

Merovius, to random
@Merovius@chaos.social avatar

PSA, if someone asks you for contact info (e.g. a phone number) of someone you know, the correct response is "I can't give that to you, but I can give them yours".

It's efficient and adds no round-trips, it's privacy friendly, it's non-awkward and it's social engineering resistant. It's a universally good rule.

And the corollary, of course: Don't ask someone for another person's contact info - ask them to pass on yours.

kkarhan,

@Merovius also handing over someone elses contact details without their explicit permission is literally anfelony in as it violates & ...

but this is why I can't and won't use , , or any other / : They steal data AND have unacceptable ToS!

daj, to random

Finally, #WhatsApp to get an edit message function in the coming weeks

https://mastodonapp.uk/@bbcnewsfeed/110415701788212077

Jamilla, to internet German

Ich sag nur:

Danke Max Schrems

Gleich mal ein paar Euro spenden an noyb.eu

#Facebook #DeleteFacebook #WhatsApp #DeleteWhatsApp #Instagram #DeleteInstagram #Datenkrake #Spionagekonzern #Zuckerberg #Zuck #FuckFacebook

greenhombre, to internet
@greenhombre@mstdn.social avatar

Meta is now selling your Whats App number to “business partners” to send you ads for things like crypto.
The Zuckerberg/Musk/Bezos enshitification of the internet continues.

Here is a great read about how enshitification is destroying the internet and why regulation is needed.

#facebook #meta #twitter #socialmedia #whatsapp

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/platforms-decay-lets-put-users-first

kerfuffle, to random
@kerfuffle@mastodon.online avatar

Anyone else here using #Signal who think that message notifications are unreliable? I hate having to use #WhatsApp but at least I get notified of messages coming in.

avoidthehack, to random

#WhatsApp now lets you lock chats with a #password or fingerprint

Good on WhatsApp.

However, it still collects lots of data and metadata. Use a different messaging app for better privacy such as @signalapp @session, @simplex

#cybersecurity #privacy #privacymatters #security

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-now-lets-you-lock-chats-with-a-password-or-fingerprint/

edendestroyer, to random

"i have to use #whatsapp for work" is not a good excuse to not have #signal or #xmpp on the side

pluralistic, to random
@pluralistic@mamot.fr avatar

If you've followed my work for a long time, you've watched me transition from a "" who posts 5-15 short hits every day to an "essay-" who posts 5-7 long articles/week. I'm loving the new mode of working, but returning to linkblogging is also intensely, unexpectedly gratifying:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/02/wunderkammer/#jubillee

--

If you'd like an essay-formatted version to read/share, here's a link to pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/13/four-bar-linkage/#linkspittle

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pluralistic,
@pluralistic@mamot.fr avatar

Not only is E2EE necessary to protect us from griefers, stalkers, corporate snoops, mafiosi, etc, but E2EE is the only thing standing between the world's dictators and total surveillance of every digital communication. Even tiny flaws in E2EE can have grave human rights concerns. For example, a subtle bug in #Whatsapp was used by #NSOGroup to create a cyberweapon called #Pegasus that the #Saudi royals used to lure #JamalKhashoggi to his grisly murder:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/nso-spyware-used-to-target-family-of-jamal-khashoggi-leaked-data-shows-saudis-pegasus

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parleur, to random French
@parleur@mastodon.parleur.net avatar

Mon fediverse, pardonne moi car j'ai péché aujourd'hui. J'ai envoyé mon premier message sur #Whatsapp et je suis maintenant devenu impur. 😭

Quokka, to random

WhatsApp user? Android owner? Your phone may show that WhatsApp is using your microphone when it really shouldn't be.
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/whatsapp-microphone-access-bug
#WhatsApp #Privacy #PrivacyAwareness #Android #BugOrFeature

alternativeto, to random
@alternativeto@mas.to avatar

#WhatsApp is facing #privacy concerns as users allege that the microphone on Android smartphones is being activated without their consent. Parent company Meta has defended the app, blaming Android and claiming it has no control over the problem.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/5/whatsapp-microphone-bug-raises-privacy-concerns-among-millions-of-users/

PrivacyDigest, to internet
@PrivacyDigest@mas.to avatar

Twitter’s #Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to #Signal and #WhatsApp

The social network's new #privacy feature is technically flawed, opt-in, and limited in its functionality. All this for just $8 a month.
#Twitter #socialnetwork #e2ee #encryption

https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-encrypted-dm-signal-whatsapp/

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