• dez@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    41
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    10 months ago

    My main goal on year 2018 was delete facebook. Unfortunately im still using whatsapp just because everyone uses it and i have no other place to talk with my friends and family.

        • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          arrow-down
          5
          ·
          10 months ago

          I told my friends / family if they wanted to reach me, I’d be on Signal/Molly. Turns out it isn’t that hard to have them download a new app and use it.

          • e$tGyr#J2pqM8v@feddit.nl
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            10 months ago

            Same here, all the people I care about did. Those I don’t really care about use sms to contact me if they really have to. Of course I miss out on some groups on Whatsapp, but honestly I’m glad. It’s not really useful to be in a lot of Whatsapp groups, it mostly creates a lot of uninteresting messages for you to read.

      • Gabu@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        arrow-down
        6
        ·
        10 months ago

        Not popular enough. With Whatsapp you get to talk to pretty much everyone, from businesses to second hand sellers to your weird aunt that lives in the middle of the woods.

        • pedroapero@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          10 months ago

          None of those app is popular enough anyway. You still need sms + Whatsapp + a couple of others. So adding another one is not so much of a burden. Besides, it works just like Whatsapp from a user standpoint, and no password required.

          • Gabu@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            10 months ago

            Where I live it sure as fucking hell isn’t the case. Nobody uses SMS anymore, and effectively everyone uses Whatsapp.

    • pistachio@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      I think (do correct if wrong!) the EU has approved an interoperability law for big tech companies? So it should be just a matter of time until you can switch messaging app and still be able to communicate with people on wa and big messaging apps

      Ofc if all your friends all use whatsapp zuck will still be able to read all your messages and get your phone number via your contacts… so it’s only a partial solution. Still better than nothing tho.

      Edit https://bgr.com/tech/whatsapp-and-facebook-messenger-are-gatekeepers-in-the-eu-prepare-to-be-confused/

      • e$tGyr#J2pqM8v@feddit.nl
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        10 months ago

        That link you added is being very very negative about it and even after reading it I really don’t understand why…

    • TWeaK@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      42
      ·
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      SMS is still a thing. You need to put your foot down to make it happen.

      Edit: May the Monty Python foot squish all downvoters into elderberry jam!

            • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              4
              arrow-down
              5
              ·
              10 months ago

              Is it worth having your credentials sold or stolen cuz people might think less of how they receive the same message in text form from you?

            • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              11
              arrow-down
              14
              ·
              10 months ago

              Social drawback? WTF? People already have the app necessary on their phone and they must get SMS for other things, no?

              • OnToTheFuture@thelemmy.club
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                14
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                edit-2
                10 months ago

                Not every country has unlimited talk and text as a widely as others. I know my husband’s family uses what’s app because they can always hop on their WiFi or a neighbors and talk to family, but they can’t always afford to top up their minutes. The social drawback isn’t that they’ll look at you funny, it’s that they might literally not be able to communicate with you.

                Add in that some of those families also play hot potato with phones, swapping who has what phone almost weekly, something that follows the login and not the phone starts to make sense. I know there are better alternatives to what’s app and don’t defend it, but getting them as a whole to change apps so they can all communicate would mean a lot of work and energy I can say they don’t have these days.

              • TWeaK@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                9
                arrow-down
                3
                ·
                10 months ago

                Probably referring to group chats and sharing media.

                My point is you need to put your foot down and say “I won’t use WhatsApp. If you want that functionality with me, we can use Signal, but otherwise SMS.”

                WhatsApp really doesn’t have any features that aren’t also in Signal, but Signal isn’t owned by Facebook and was never a vector for zero-click access to your device (NSO’s Pegasus toolkit used WhatsApp calls to get at Android phones, this was involved with Saudi Arabia’s execution of Jamal Khashoggi). WhatsApp is simply not trustworthy, and a massive security risk.

        • TWeaK@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          10 months ago

          You say that as if WhatsApp is actually secure, as if Facebook haven’t filled it with backdoors. As if it wasn’t the vector for zero click access to Android phones in Pegasus. SMS could not do that (although iMessages did).

          • evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            10 months ago

            Holy shit, if you’re being targeted by nation states or other seriously motivated actors with Pegasus level spyware then they will get you. For everyone else, encrypted platforms like Signal or, yes, WhatsApp, are more secure than fucking SMS.