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What if you need to contact someone and they use whatsapp?

Henchman21 2y ago
IME you say “Sorry I only use Signal” and either they change or you don’t get in contact with that person. If you change and abandon your principles were they really principles in the first place?
- golergka 2y ago
  How do you tell that to them in the first place? You got someone's phone number. The person who gives it to you tells them that they use whatsapp. You can't even tell them "Sorry I only use Signal" unless you open whatsapp app.
  - basisword 2y ago
    You realise you could use that phone number to...call them and let them know? Also - in what situation are they giving you a phone number and telling you they use WhatsApp but you having no way to respond when receiving that info? If it's in person you can explain at the time. If it's taken from a website, call them. Or you can even fall back on SMS.
  - prmoustache 2y ago
    If they can't reach you via whatsapp, they will call you.
  - kelnos 2y ago
    Presumably at the time they've given you their phone number, they've told you that they are on WhatsApp, and then you've responded directly that you're only on Signal. If there is a communications channel by which they can give you their phone number, you can use that same channel to discuss what messenger to use.
- DemPartyPooper 2y ago
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root_axis 2y ago
RCS?
croes 2y ago
What if they want to contact you and you use Signal?
- jisnsm 2y ago
  Luckily, with the technological advances in the last months, it is now possible to install more than one app on a phone at a time.
  - maigret 2y ago
    It is also possible to communicate without using Meta services.
    - tumsfestival 2y ago
      Good luck with that depending on where you live.
      - accrual 2y ago
        And when you live. The 20s-30s year old crowd I interact with seems to avoid, if not mock FB. I recognize it has its uses and benefits, though.
        jisnsm 2y ago
        They mock fb whilst they use instagram and WhatsApp.
  - inetknght 2y ago
    > it is now possible to install more than one app on a phone at a time. And, in doing so, achieve the security posture of the worse of the apps!
immibis 2y ago
If you really really really need to? You use Whatsapp. If you don't need to? You tell them to get Signal.
ycombinatrix 2y ago
Not GP - I tolerate Whatsapp but I draw the line at SMS.
- tremon 2y ago
  For me it's the other way around: I tolerate SMS but I draw the line at Whatsapp.
  - imp0cat 2y ago
    Sounds like someone who never had to pay for each SMS.
    - tremon 2y ago
      Sounds like someone shouldn't have skipped those perspective-taking classes in kindergarten.
Fnoord 2y ago
You call them. Or use SMS. Or use e-mail.

IME you say “Sorry I only use Signal” and either they change or you don’t get in contact with that person. If you change and abandon your principles were they really principles in the first place?

golergka 2y ago
How do you tell that to them in the first place? You got someone's phone number. The person who gives it to you tells them that they use whatsapp. You can't even tell them "Sorry I only use Signal" unless you open whatsapp app.
- basisword 2y ago
  You realise you could use that phone number to...call them and let them know? Also - in what situation are they giving you a phone number and telling you they use WhatsApp but you having no way to respond when receiving that info? If it's in person you can explain at the time. If it's taken from a website, call them. Or you can even fall back on SMS.
- prmoustache 2y ago
  If they can't reach you via whatsapp, they will call you.
- kelnos 2y ago
  Presumably at the time they've given you their phone number, they've told you that they are on WhatsApp, and then you've responded directly that you're only on Signal. If there is a communications channel by which they can give you their phone number, you can use that same channel to discuss what messenger to use.
DemPartyPooper 2y ago
[flagged]

root_axis 2y ago

RCS?

croes 2y ago

What if they want to contact you and you use Signal?

jisnsm 2y ago
Luckily, with the technological advances in the last months, it is now possible to install more than one app on a phone at a time.
- maigret 2y ago
  It is also possible to communicate without using Meta services.
  - tumsfestival 2y ago
    Good luck with that depending on where you live.
    - accrual 2y ago
      And when you live. The 20s-30s year old crowd I interact with seems to avoid, if not mock FB. I recognize it has its uses and benefits, though.
      - jisnsm 2y ago
        They mock fb whilst they use instagram and WhatsApp.
- inetknght 2y ago
  > it is now possible to install more than one app on a phone at a time. And, in doing so, achieve the security posture of the worse of the apps!

immibis 2y ago

If you really really really need to? You use Whatsapp. If you don't need to? You tell them to get Signal.

ycombinatrix 2y ago

Not GP - I tolerate Whatsapp but I draw the line at SMS.

tremon 2y ago
For me it's the other way around: I tolerate SMS but I draw the line at Whatsapp.
- imp0cat 2y ago
  Sounds like someone who never had to pay for each SMS.
  - tremon 2y ago
    Sounds like someone shouldn't have skipped those perspective-taking classes in kindergarten.

Fnoord 2y ago

You call them. Or use SMS. Or use e-mail.