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Do You Suddenly Need to Stop Using WhatsApp? (digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@piefed.social
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Legal action and renewed public criticism are once again raising questions about WhatsApp’s privacy and end-to-end encryption claims. Recent developments suggest that the way encrypted messaging platforms operate at massive scale may not be as straightforward as many users assume.

The debate gained wider attention after high-profile commentary pushed the issue into the mainstream, highlighting ongoing concerns about transparency, metadata collection, and user trust in closed messaging ecosystems.

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[–] 6 points 9 months ago

Nope. Never used it in the first place.

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    [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    People who trust Meta to secure their data might be a bit slow in the head.

    There is nothing sudden or recent about the need to not trust Mark Zuckerberg or anything he touches.

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    [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Everyone needed to do that a long time ago already

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    [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I’m so shocked! Everyone seemed to love their “trust me bro” version of E2E encryption.

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    [–] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    You should have never been using WhatsApp on your phone (nor the Facebook app, nor TikTok or X).

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    • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    No, because I never used it in the first place.

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    [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    No, I stopped using it suddenly years ago (my dad and spammers were the only ones contacting me and it was mostly the spammers).

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