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WhatsApp can now hide your IP address during calls
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this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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If you care about privacy, you shouldn't be using WhatsApp anyway. Not when matrix/signal exist.
The problem is when you're the only one in your social group that does. No one I know wants to move somewhere else.
The more of us that take the hit the fewer people just going along.
How are you convincing your contacts to move from WhatsApp?
Switched cold on them. Basically I told people okay am shutting down WhatsApp, after that hack that allowed third parties install application on your device through bug in calling protocol, and told them am switching to Signal. If you want to reach me, either SMS or Signal. And that's it. Most people I talk to added Signal to their ever-growing list of chat applications.
But if you use anything they already have, they won't change the way they talk to you. There has to be inconvenience involved.
I don't have WhatsApp on my phone. If they want to talk to me they have to use something else. Most use Telegram.
In many cases you just wouldn't be contacted lol
A few people I know won't switch, but most actually do use something else. And I can contact anyone via SMS anyway
Or the option that happens in practice: You are just forgotten and people stop contacting you.
People don't like change, and will resist it. How much depends on the person.