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

submitted 3 days 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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[-] suruij@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago

eversince i started using beeper im contempt HAAHAHH all my messaging needs in one app running on device<33 (would love if it'd be foss but it is what it is)

[-] BladeFederation@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

The problem with universal clients like that is that it inherently breaks encryption, shares it with a third party, and then MAYBE re-encrypts it correctly. And it does not prevent the third parties like Discord or whatnot from having access to your messages just because you run it through Beeper. It still goes through them. It's not even particularly more convenient. You still have to create an account with the other provider, and often times this can only be done by downloading the app.

So there are a lot of downsides, and the only upside is not having as many apps installed, and I doubt you're hurting THAT bad for storage.

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