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You are very precise in your criticism, have my upvote! A couple of things: 1. the crypto has been improved significantly after the launch as far as I know. T
by skinkestek 5y ago
You are very precise in your criticism, have my upvote!
A couple of things:
1. the crypto has been improved significantly after the launch as far as I know. That release was back in the dark ages about half a year after WhatsApp got caught sending data unencrypted (and I'm using that word in its original meaning).
2. Can we agree to stop recommending WhatsApp soon?
- chrisfosterelli 5y agoThanks! That's kind to say. I shared some notes on crypto issues more recently in another post above, but I would concede its generally more battle tested than the first version released at this point. The choice to start with home rolled crypto at all continues to concern me, but more importantly the fact that it's not default is now my biggest sticking point if I'm honest. I think WhatsApp comes with an asterisk in that I'd certainly recommend signal over it, but most non-technical people have never heard of signal so given the choice between WhatsApp and Telegram I'd personally opt for WhatsApp based on their e2e encryption by default, but I could understand if someone personally gave more weight to a distrust of Meta (even if encrypted) than they do to Telegram and made use of Telegram's secret chats.