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Mysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol

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To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol

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Mysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz
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    Please Signal, use this opportunity. I really want to be on Signal AAAAH

    • flora_explora@beehaw.org
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      Why not convince people to use Signal as well? Even my family has a group chat on Signal. Of course, it’s a slow move with most people sticking to non-open chats. But it’s worth the effort I would say.

      • HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.ee
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        It might work with people you know but is harder to convince people you just met, that’s the reason I still use Whatsapp and recently opened an Instagram.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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        I really don’t expect anyone would listen to me.

      • evident5051@lemm.ee
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        The inability to use it on two different phones kills it for me.

        • HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.ee
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          You can. Up to 7.

          • evident5051@lemm.ee
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            Is there a guide to this? I still can’t use a different phone as a linked device, only on desktop or iPads.

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              https://faq.whatsapp.com/1317564962315842/?cms_platform=android

              This worked for me!

              • evident5051@lemm.ee
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                I don’t think that’s Signal haha

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                  Aw man, I missunterstood everything :(

  • jherazob@beehaw.org
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    I dislike when they say in news clips that Signal represents the “current gold standard” for E2EE chats, it doesn’t, Signal is a helluva lot better than the commercial stuff that mines user data but there’s stuff like SimpleX Chat that doesn’t leak even metadata because it doesn’t have it.

    Still, this is a good thing, these megacorps have their iron grip on people because they have raised walls around their services making it painful for people to move to a different service, tearing down those walls can only help us all.

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    Would this mean I could finally ditch what’s app and use only Signal?

    • nachtigall@feddit.de
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      No, Signal announced they won’t implement interoperable messaging.

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        Source?

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          https://www.androidpolice.com/signal-threema-nothing-to-do-with-whatsapp-eu/

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            Ugh, an ad-block force wall. No visit.

            • imkali@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              What adblocker are you using? It doesn’t appear for me.

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                The built-in ad blocker of the Vivaldi browser

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                  I’m using Firefox + uBlock Origin and don’t have a paywall.

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