AcornTickler

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Today, I finally deleted WhatsApp in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[โ€“] AcornTickler@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Well, some people called me paranoid and said "us regular people don't have anything to hide" when I told them how much data Meta collects about us. Of course, this frustrated me as my threat model is very small compared to most people here.

I explained how free services where instead the user is the product work, and how much I disagree with this model. I informed them that I use FOSS almost everywhere and that they exist for the greater good of humanity.

Today, I finally deleted WhatsApp in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[โ€“] AcornTickler@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Signal's not great for privacy either tbf

Why do you think so? Yeah, it is not anonymous due to requiring a phone number, but all media and metadata are end-to-end encrypted.

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Today, I finally deleted WhatsApp (sh.itjust.works)
 

It has been a long journey.

I have been gradually convincing my family, close relatives and friends to make the switch to Signal for over two years. I am already the "tech support guy" in all my circles so most didn't really question it. Most of my friends are quite tech-savvy, and some even did use Signal before I talked to them about it.

This also filtered out some "friends" who were never that close to me to begin with. So, that's a bonus, I guess.

Overall, my recommendation to others interested would be to tell people how much you don't like Meta's business model instead of the privacy aspect. I already ditched Facebook and Instagram many years ago, and this helped defend my point a bit better.