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Wow, that is extremely misleading and manipulative, especially with the "I'm from the Ukraine" anecdote. They're not "partnering with", they're being bought. A
by bowlofpetunias 13y ago
Wow, that is extremely misleading and manipulative, especially with the "I'm from the Ukraine" anecdote.
They're not "partnering with", they're being bought. And as a result, they will owned by a company with zero respect for privacy, located in a country with little respect for privacy and the weakest privacy protections in the Western hemisphere. A company who's very core business model exclusively consists of selling their user's privacy to third parties.
WhatsApp's guarantees are worth exactly zero. At best, they are merely honest intentions, but formulated in such a misleading way that they become untrustworthy from the start.