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Re: WhatsApp seems to scan my messages for personalized ads

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Post by ypeter »

pndy wrote: post #2

What stops you from changing the service and suggesting same thing to your friends and family? There are alternatives around

I do use Signal. But unfortunately I lack convincing power to make everyone else use Signal.

But this is not about alternatives to WhatsApp, imo it's weird that this even happens/is possible.

Re: WhatsApp seems to scan my messages for personalized ads

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Post by hans_castorp »

swiley wrote: post #3

Smartphone chat apps are not secure. Smartphones apps are much more like web pages than desktop apps and should be treated like web pages. If you have a secret to keep don’t share it with a phone.

There are plenty of secure alternatives to WhatsApp (Threema, Signal, Matrix just to name a few)

Re: WhatsApp seems to scan my messages for personalized ads

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Post by hans_castorp »

ypeter wrote: post #4
pndy wrote: post #2

What stops you from changing the service and suggesting same thing to your friends and family? There are alternatives around

I do use Signal. But unfortunately I lack convincing power to make everyone else use Signal. But this is not about alternatives to WhatsApp, imo it's weird that this even happens/is possible.

What do you expect from Facebook? They make their money with advertising, of course they will exploit and capitalize everything that gets send through their channels.

Re: WhatsApp seems to scan my messages for personalized ads

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Post by swiley »

hans_castorp wrote: post #6
swiley wrote: post #3

Smartphone chat apps are not secure. Smartphones apps are much more like web pages than desktop apps and should be treated like web pages. If you have a secret to keep don’t share it with a phone.

There are plenty of secure alternatives to WhatsApp (Threema, Signal, Matrix just to name a few)

WhatsApp used to be one of those and it changed. With the exception of matrix there’s nothing to stop the same thing from happening with the others.

Re: WhatsApp seems to scan my messages for personalized ads

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Post by swiley »

ypeter wrote: post #4
pndy wrote: post #2

What stops you from changing the service and suggesting same thing to your friends and family? There are alternatives around

I do use Signal. But unfortunately I lack convincing power to make everyone else use Signal. But this is not about alternatives to WhatsApp, imo it's weird that this even happens/is possible.

> it's weird that this even happens/is possible.

It’s not. This will happen with any chat app that is locked to a single service. Stop using those.

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