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'Member when Facebook was like that? You know, the way people want it?

Well I don’t use any Meta apps.
But I have to use SMS for certain people

So all in all, would you say my messages are more likely to be captured by Meta when using WhatsApp, or SMS? I ask in good faith. I am aware SMS isn’t secure, but at least it isn’t literally hosted by Meta… So if Meta was my main concern for my threat model would you still recommend WhatsApp?

It’s a fork of open source software. If only “line go up” didn’t have to be the way things worked they could have stopped developing features no one wants just to squeeze out profit, and sustained without enshittifying. Maybe.

I went in with this being my strategy too, but ended up just sticking with using /all and not bothering with my subs.

Once you’ve got anything undesirable blocked, you’re golden. And always finding new communities.

If you trust Meta not to snoop, which I dont

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/whatsapp-end-to-end-encrypted-messages-arent-that-private-after-all/

How private can WhatsApp be if Meta owns it?

Signal for those who have it and SMS for everyone else

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Good one. People do still say “hold fast”!

You mean after the sex?

This is kind of hilarious. Right wingers seek to limit privacy by forcing age verification online, and then the right wing social network gets caught in the same net. It hurt itself in it’s confusion.

France passed a law requiring porn sites to verify age of all site visitors. Pornhub is blocking France instead of forcing its visitors to provide ID.

I’m a fan of 12 months of 30 with a 5 day new years in between

In any case, you understand why conventions exist and persist despite imperfection

Why do you use 60 seconds in a minute and not an even 100? Why use randomly sized calendar months? Why do you say doce instead of diecidos?

Rome

Why would you add one? Who even sees it? This reddit/lemmy style of posting and commenting has always worked with just a username and a comment and I like it that way. If my app started showing them I’d either turn them off or find a new app.

The developer claims the tool is for cops, but anyone can sign up and use it for targeted harassment.

Even if it was only for cops, fuck this dev

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