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Any good Skype alternatives for family?
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this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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Why not Signal? it's like WA. My family were able to accept it in the end, and it's easier now than years ago.
Controversial take:
When Signal came up WA sucked, wasn't secure. Nowadays they adopted the same E2EE that Signal uses and there isn't much difference privacy-wise. Of course I still prefer not to feed the Zuckerborg, but WA objectively isn't as bad as it was back then.
edit: apparently the E2EE does not apply to media and document attachments, and all metadata, so you might still want to consider who you entrust with that.
Meta still collects all the meta data it gets it's hands on. Also WhatsApp is completely closed source and proprietary. You will never know if they properly encrypt your stuff and if the private keys really never leave your device. You still have to trust Zuckerberg that he properly protects your data ... from him.
Don't get baited into tech talk: it's a strategy. We do not control WhatsApp, anti-libre software.
WhatsApp being not as bad as it used to be is a low bar that doesn't really speak to any sort of reliability or trustworthiness
Eating a different turd still tastes of shit.
WhatsApp fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software.
These victims will believe anything WhatsApp tells them but you can dodge their scam.