Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agoSignal is not the place for top secret communications, but it might be the right choice for you – a cybersecurity expert on what to look for in a secure messaging apptheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1542cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1542external-linkSignal is not the place for top secret communications, but it might be the right choice for you – a cybersecurity expert on what to look for in a secure messaging apptheconversation.comFlorencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square108fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up36·7 days agobecause “they” don’t trust the people they “represent” and they want to avoid federal archives they must know something about WhatsApp that we don’t
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 days agoThere’s nothing to know; facebook is facebook, and nobody trusts facebook for data security. Whatsapp is not, nor will it ever be, true end to end encryption, when facebook owns the locks and keys.
minus-squarerippersnapper@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoAlso WhatsApp logs a bunch of metadata (who you contact, how often, profile pic, etc)
because “they” don’t trust the people they “represent” and they want to avoid federal archives
they must know something about WhatsApp that we don’t
There’s nothing to know; facebook is facebook, and nobody trusts facebook for data security. Whatsapp is not, nor will it ever be, true end to end encryption, when facebook owns the locks and keys.
Also WhatsApp logs a bunch of metadata (who you contact, how often, profile pic, etc)