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WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It's revealed some more details on how that will work.

— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.

— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp's standards

— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won't become interoperable

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[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Oh no, the users will have to go into their settings and toggle it to "on".

Oh, the humanity!

[-] LaggyKar@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

No, they have to convince everyone they talk to to enable the setting to be able to use this

[-] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah lol. And it's not as if boomers don't get scammed enough already.

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