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It makes me sad to hear 'tech commentators' on RNZ talk about using WhatsApp rather than something better, like Signal, Matrix, or something XMPPy. It makes me question their credibility (certainly with regard to security & privacy!) if they look no further than the #FrightfulFive's offerings and accept the massive compromises their use requires. Makes them seem oblivious.
I know, that was just another example of EEE
@post fwiw, as I understand it WhatsApp is largely identical to Signal (written by the same dev), except the former's been messed with by FB since their acquisition, and the latter probably has some of the shortcomings of pre-FB WhatsApp fixed... Not surprised if both have XMPP in their lineage.
They can say it's based on anything they want but with closed source code nobody can verify.
On the contrary they made it a secret
@post sure, but with FB's full monitoring, even though it's claimed to be E2EE... because, don't forget, in addition to the middle, they control both ends too. Can't have a surveillance capitalist business model without building surveillance into your flagship products.