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Bleh. It was hard enough to convince my family and friends to swap to Whatsapp many years ago. Remember also when Whatsapp promised complete end to end encrypti
by nvarsj 6y ago
Bleh. It was hard enough to convince my family and friends to swap to Whatsapp many years ago. Remember also when Whatsapp promised complete end to end encryption and privacy?
I feel like it's the curse of popularity. As soon as one of these companies get big enough, it will get bought it, and this nonsense will happen again.
I think only decentralized systems are the answer, but they have their own challenges. I don't think there is a lot of value in switching to yet another centralized service.
- tchalla 6y agoWhatsApp does have end-to-end encryption. Signal isn’t like WhatsApp https://twitter.com/snowden/status/1350130193789296645?s=21 https://twitter.com/snowden/status/1350130193789296645?s=21
- bombadilo 6y agoSignal is a non-profit organisation. The way they are structured means they literally have no incentive to try and profit off their user base, no matter the size. I'm not saying it's not impossible that could change at some point in the future but right now they're clearly providing a net good for the world for private communication and there is no clear reason why that should change in the future as long they can continue to support themselves through donations.