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Today, I finally deleted WhatsApp (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by AcornTickler@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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It has been a long journey.

I have been gradually convincing my family, close relatives and friends to make the switch to Signal for over two years. I am already the "tech support guy" in all my circles so most didn't really question it. Most of my friends are quite tech-savvy, and some even did use Signal before I talked to them about it.

This also filtered out some "friends" who were never that close to me to begin with. So, that's a bonus, I guess.

Overall, my recommendation to others interested would be to tell people how much you don't like Meta's business model instead of the privacy aspect. I already ditched Facebook and Instagram many years ago, and this helped defend my point a bit better.

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[-] AnUnassumingStick@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Lucky, my social circle's technologically illiterate AND doesn't care what happens to their personal data so I'm stuck with both Facebook & WhatsApp :/ One saving grace is that I don't have either installed on my "main" phone.

Signal's not great for privacy either tbf - Meta is just a very very low bar to be better than.

[-] dwt@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

Signal is way, way better than what you currently have

[-] AnUnassumingStick@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

What I currently have for privacy is SimpleX - not needing a phone number alone beats Signal - but I've also got only a single contact there so it's not replacing WhatsApp anytime soon 🤷‍♂️

[-] dwt@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Yep. That’s why we privacy sensitive people keep coming back for signal and matrix.

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