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Is WhatsApp safe? Not according to its ex-security chief | Proton (proton.me)

submitted 2 days ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] TarantulaFudge@startrek.website 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You have to be stupid to think WhatsApp, a Facebook company, doesn't have access to your messages.

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They ran a bunch of full page adds this summer. All it said was "no one can see your messages but you." I immediately decided that was not true, otherwise why advertise it?

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I don't know who thought that was a good idea to advertise. It'd be like Betty Crocker cake boxes suddenly saying "Uranium Free!".

Like, yes, I wouldn't expect food to usually have added uranium too it, so why are you saying it?...

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Half of messengers advertise privacy