Is it (still) worth trying to switch my family and friends from WhatsApp to Signal? (Read all of it, please.) (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Sucuk@kbin.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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This may sound a bit dumb, but eh.

So when that WhatsApp privacy policy change thing happened in early 2021, I tried switching from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram. Telegram kinda stuck with me since i still get news from there, but Signal... not really because I didn't care about privacy back then. Now, I want to make the switch from WhatsApp to Signal, and I have a few plans on how to do that. But, is it worth it, since most people in Türkiye use Whatsapp and even if I switch my family and friends over to Signal, they'll still use WhatsApp since most people are on there.

So, yeah. Should i try, or is it not worth doing? Let me know, also, thanks in advance!

(Note: Most of my family and friends don't really care about privacy.)

(Note 2: This was also posted in r/signal and r/privacy subreddits.)

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[-] Sucuk@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Well, it's more privacy-focused, feels like home, and it's not hard to get used to and it's not a data-hungry company like Meta or Google. Also Other platforms i tested didn't really fit right with me.

[-] anon5621@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well,I am quite suspicious just about signal as company.And have some reasons for that.

First. https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/79127/how-cia-created-signal-messenger.html
Second this is quite strange bug which was sending random images from the gallery to the user's contacts https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/10247
Third they are betraying idea to free/open source,quoting To keep Signal a free global communication service without spam, we must depart from our totally-open posture and develop one piece of the server in private: a system for detecting and disrupting spam campaigns https://signal.org/blog/keeping-spam-off-signal/
Fourth Messenger Signal reported that it leaked phone numbers and confirmation codes of 1.9 thousand users. This happened due to the hacking of the Twilio database, which checks numbers. https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/4850133017242
Fifth From new president of Signal was required to remove the registration by phone number by users.But nothing happened https://community.signalusers.org/t/usernames-in-signal/9157/622?page=29 under reasons they are fighting with spam--

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Okay, but what else are they gonna use? Matrix?

[-] BorvorRav@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

SimpleX, briar, session, Jami, Cwtch, ... There are plenty of alternatives these days.

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