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I can't come up with a sane reason why opt-in privacy is acceptable. Signal is handling the issues that may arise without any issues and whatsapp is just hiding

by kpcyrd 10y ago

I can't come up with a sane reason why opt-in privacy is acceptable. Signal is handling the issues that may arise without any issues and whatsapp is just hiding complicated errors from it's users per default so they aren't confused, but they still get encryption by default in both cases. Opt-in end-to-end encryption is an anti-feature.

fixermark 10y ago
Anti-feature for your use case. Plenty of people prefer to trade convenience for anonymity.
- kpcyrd 10y ago
  How is whatsapp not convenient?
  - fixermark 10y ago
    In the future, "because it doesn't integrate with my email and search tools to make it easy to get metadata on what I was just talking about with my friends." Maybe. Seems to be what Google is betting on.