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WhatsApp: Owned by a company that makes money invading your privacy. Duo: owned by a company that makes money invading your privacy.
by dannyw 5y ago
WhatsApp: Owned by a company that makes money invading your privacy.
Duo: owned by a company that makes money invading your privacy.
- nso 5y agoI had to get upper management involved once when trying to buy an Airport Express, because they wouldn't allow me to make a purchase at the Apple store without leaving my name and contact details.
- kstrauser 5y agoIt's ethically OK to lie in these situations. You think I gave Radio Shack my real PII whenever I wanted to buy a battery?
- dylan604 5y agoI've given out 212-555-1234 as my phone number to so many random places, that I've accidentally given it out when I didn't need to hide my real number.
- olyjohn 5y agoAlso just about everywhere... (xxx) 867-5309 works for rewards cards and things like that. Also at Walgreens, you can use (420) 420-4204. That was the number the cashier gave me there since I told them I didn’t have a rewards card.
- drewmol 5y agoJust about everywhere: (local area code)-123-4567. 10 years ago I was almost always the only entry, if you're ever in the Cleveland feel free to use Aaaron ;-) If they don't like 123, use the store phone # prefix
- nso 5y agoI shouldn't have to lie. They didn't accept my "No.", nor that my full legal name was "Donald Fauntleroy Duck", until the case got escalated.
- judge2020 5y agoThere's a privacy carve-out for stores and selling items because you effectively have to provide this information when paying with card for fraud prevention (both online and for in-store loss prevention).
- nso 5y agoI was paying cash. In my country you do not give any details when paying with card, you simply pay and you are on your way.
- reaperducer 5y agothey wouldn't allow me to make a purchase at the Apple store without leaving my name and contact details Was this recent? I was able to buy a new Mac just a few weeks ago without giving any information.
- nso 5y agoIt was some years ago, I haven't been back since.
- commoner 5y agoSignal: developed by a non-profit organization, free and open source, end-to-end encrypted in all regions, no encryption key hosting arrangements with any government-owned third party firm
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- glogla 5y agoAlso developed by guy who is fighting against you being able to install it without involvement with a company that makes money by invading your privacy, who also has a history of working for companies making money invading your privacy.
- Forbo 5y agoSignal offers an APK that does not require the use of Google services.
- dheera 5y agoSignal: requires disclosing a phone number to everyone you use it with
- noja 5y agoWhich means the other person knows it's me, right?
- dave5104 5y agoMight be troublesome if you don't want the other person to know it's you, though. But that's probably not a problem in day to day communication with family and friends.
- rOOb85 5y ago> Might be troublesome if you don't want the other person to know it's you, though. You're mixing privacy and anonymity. Signal offers privacy from snooping, they have never claimed or tried to provide anonymity. Two very different use cases.
- criley2 5y agoFaceTime: Owned by a notoriously secretive and litigous company using closed source and unverifiable claims I'm not saying that Apple is somehow abusing your privacy in ways you don't know, but I am saying you don't really know one way or the other and largely cannot verify that their software is doing what they claim it does
- criley2 5y agoFaceTime: Owned by a notoriously secretive and litigous company using closed source and unverifiable claims I'm not saying that Apple is somehow abusing your privacy in ways you don't know, but I am saying you don't really know one way or the other and largely cannot verify that their software is doing what they claim it does Signal is open source, by the way.