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   by ffpip 6y ago

   This is not opt-in. You can either report or not report. There is no way to report but not send the messages. The reporting is opt in. The sending of messages tied to the reporting is not
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   by ffpip 6y ago

   > “WhatsApp beta for Android 2.20.206.3” Sorry but there is zero information in that title. I'm not going to use that. The intention of my post is to make more people aware of this new 'feature'. If some other user had pos
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   by ffpip 6y ago

   Yes. That is what 'stores everything in the cloud' means. Even the e2ee thing is not audited properly. They are just more trustworthy, have open source apps, better usability [ and unlimited storage :) ] . Signal > Telegram &gt
4. 454.▲
   by ffpip 6y ago

   It's just something about Matrix. I don't know what it is. I've never opened the app after logging in. It has a good UX which is rare for open source apps. It seems to be based around a decent community. But I don't know
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   by ffpip 6y ago

   Please suggest a better title. I'll try to improve. Many users have complained. There is a 80 character limit. Btw I meant it as a warning. Your messages may be uploaded when you report a user
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   by ffpip 6y ago

   FYI, all your comments are dead. They are hidden
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   by ffpip 6y ago

   There is nothing wrong with it. I'm posting it because it's a new thing in Whatsapp, the worlds most popular messenger, and I wanted people to know of this change.
8. 458.▲
   by ffpip 6y ago

   Can you help come up with a better title? This was the best I could come up with. I included 'can', and I clearly mentioned 'when you report'
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   by ffpip 6y ago

   What is misleading about it? I included ' can read when you report'.
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    Whatsapp is going to have ads soon. Plus facebook is going to start charging businesses who use it. In India, the popularity of whatsapp is insane. They could run it worldwide by just showing ads to like half of Indian users
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    I don't know if it is included in your Google takeout. 98% of users enable that option. The fact that whatsapp is e2ee is a complete lie. Use Signal for true e2ee, or if you don't like it, Telegram. Telegram stores everything in t
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    Reporting a user to WhatsApp forwards a copy of recent messages from that chat(wabetainfo.com)

    213 points by ffpip 6y ago|161 comments
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    Thanks. I learnt about Poe's Law today.
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25197967 The answer is there
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    It's Chinese. All these scanning apps sent every scan to remote servers. Passports, Aadhar Cards, and all docs were uploaded by these apps.
16. 466.▲
    by ffpip 6y ago

    But they added multiple layers of military grade encryption! Alexa products are designed to protect your privacy. They are built with privacy in mind!
17. 467.▲
    by ffpip 6y ago

    AES1024 with RSA2096. Used by the US military and the world's largest banks We care about your privacy. Your privacy is important to us
18. 468.▲
    by ffpip 6y ago

    I don't know . But I've unplugged the Alexa Echo and put it inside my cupboard long ago.
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    TV's and smart speakers connect to any open network. Alexa connected to my neighbour's wifi network.
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    They will limit the number of videos you can watch every month.
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    I don't understand this excuse - If you have tracking protection, you will look like a bot. Are the bot makers that dumb? Don't they set user agent to Chrome, disable all forms of protection and stuff?
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    This is not specific to India. Edu scams exist everywhere. However this is in India.
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    Indian Startup WhiteHat JR is the biggest edtech scam. They are fooling parents with promises of jobs at Google, their kid's app in the play store/app store. Their teachers do not know basic things like what is a cloud server (the
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    PDF - https://archive.org/download/demo-class_202011/DEMO%20CLASS....
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    Script used by Indian startup WhiteHatJr to teach coding to 9 year old kids(archive.org)

    37 points by ffpip 6y ago|15 comments
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    No, that unfortunate privilege is reserved for the Google employees reading HN.
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    But that's not end to end encrypted, like Apple.
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    Nothing you can do. Just wait till the AI decides you are a good boy, so you can get back in! Or maybe make a post on HN, and leave it to the mods to take it to the first page so someone at Google can notice and 'contact someone intern
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    I feel scared for him. He has been constantly exposing more of this shitty company on reddit (r/india) WhiteHatJr's ads are complete BS. They advertise that a 9 year old kid (wolf gupta, yes that is apparently his real name) got
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    by ffpip 6y ago

    Apollo for Reddit is a great app made by a solo dev! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apollo-for-reddit/id979274575 That is until they become even more greedy and ban third party apps. Probably by the end of nex